[wplug] can't boot my red hat 8.0 box to the new kernel

[James O'Kane]

Red Hat likes to use volume labels to identify which partition is /. 
You can take a look at e2label or edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and change the 
root=LABEL=/ to be the same as the entry that works.



On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Teodorski, Chris wrote:

> Please be gentle.....I'm still a newbie.
> 
> 
> I ran RedHat 8.0's Up2date today....and grabbed all updates which included a kernel update (2.4.18-26.8.0)......the new kernel was an available option in Grub after reboot.....but when I try to boot I get the following message:
> 
> VFS: Cannot open root device "LABEL=/" or 00:00
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00
> 
> I can still boot to the original kernel (2.4.18-14)......I'm totally lost as to what I need to do here.....some additional pertinant information.....this box is dual booting between RH8.0 and winXP......
> 
> Thanks so much for the help....I hope I have provided enough information....
> 
> 
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