Grub problems, and a kernel panic.

[AnarchE]

Ok, i boot the machine and im taking directly to a grub prompt. From there i do:

grub> root (hd0,1)
grub> setup (hd0)
grub> kernel /boot/bzImage
grub> boot

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Ok, hd0,1 is because hd0,0 is a partition with windows XP on it, and /dev/hda1 = XP hda2 = /boot hda3 = swap hda4 = root

after passing the boot command, i get:

Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:04

I've been working on this since friday, and it's now 5am on monday....anyone ever experience this error before, or possibly know what's causing the error. I know it seems like there is a really easy way to fix it, but trust me in the last few days I've been googling, RTFM'ing and been on a few different irc networks trying to figure this problem out....without any luck.

Thank's in advnace:
AnarchE

[splooge]

Make sure you got the correct file system support compiled into your kernel. Looks like you don't have the virtual file system compiled in (it's in the installation guide)

[AnarchE]

if by virtual file system, you mean Virtual Memory File System Support (former shm fs)
Config_TMPFS

It is compiled in, and has been compiled in. any other ideas?? im really struggling here, got a few things fixed tho, grub's all fixed, now i gotta figure out this kernel panic problem

[rac]

What is the filesystem type of your root partition?
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[plate]

This sounds so much like what happened to me last week that I'm willing to bet his root fs is Reiser, and he built the kernel support as a module... Nothing wrong with ReiserFS as a boot file system (or so I've heard), but not compiling support for it directly into the kernel is a Bad Idea. The module gets called too late in the boot process, so the file system isn't recognised properly.

[Zu`]