Presuming you know how to edit at grub prompt
I would suggest you do the following
Instead of
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-31.9custom ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi
specify
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-31.9custom
Good luck! This shud work
Somu
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On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Cédric Pillonel wrote:

> I have RedHat 9, kernel 2.4.20-31.9.
> I have rebuild the kernel to increase the VMALLOC_RESERVE to 256MB. Here are
> the steps I have followed:
>
> make mrproper
> cp config-2.4.20-31.1 /usr/src/linux/.config
> make oldconfig
> make dep
> make bzImage
> make modules
> make modules_install
> make install
>
> Now I have a new kernel 2.4.20-31.9custom. When I boot this kernel I get the
> following error:
>
> 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 use grub as bootloader. Here is my grub.conf file:
>
> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> #
> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
> # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
> # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
> # root (hd0,0)
> # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3
> # initrd /initrd-version.img
> #boot=/dev/hda
> default=0
> timeout=10
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-31.9custom)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-31.9custom ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi
> initrd /initrd-2.4.20-31.9custom.img
> title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-31.9)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-31.9 ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi
> initrd /initrd-2.4.20-31.9.img
>
>
> If I change the following line like this (replace root=LABEL=/ with
> root=/dev/hdc3):
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-31.9custom ro root=/dev/hdc3 hdd=ide-scsi
>
> It works!
> Why the boot option "root=LABEL=/" works for my kernel 2.4.20-31.9 and not
> for my kernel 2.4.20-31.9custom?
>
> Thank you.
>
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