kernel panic

[russian460]

hi i am trying to install backtrack on my hda i followed the official guide on the backtrack site but i am still having problems mainly: lilo works and it gets to the backtrack screen but than gives me the
kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,3)
error
any ideas why this is happening? and how to fix this? i have read that this error is associated with lilo configured incorrectly it this is the case how do i configure it correctly? and what commands would i use?

thanks in advance

[AnActivist]

Try posting your lilo.conf file/check to see if it looks like other ones that have been posted around the forums. This is what mine looks like:

lba32
boot=/dev/sda
prompt
timeout=60
change-rules
reset
vga=791
image = /boot/vmlinuz
        root = /dev/sda2
        label = Backtrack

image = /mnt/sda1/vmlinuz
        root = /dev/sda1
        label = ubuntu
        initrd = /mnt/sda1/initrd.img

Hope this helps you.

[russian460]

lba32
boot=/dev/hda
change-rules
reset
prompt
timeout=50
root=/dev/hda2

#bunch of comments

vga=0x317

image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="BT4"
read-only
initrd=/boot/splash.initrd
append=quiet
other=dev/hda1
label=win
table=/dev/hda




there thats it thx for ur help

[AnActivist]

No problem, I'm glad it worked out.

[imported_cybrsnpr]

after you modified your lilo.conf file, did you run "lilo -v" to incorporate the changes?

[russian460]

lol thx but its still not working=) any ideas?
i have used pretty much every option root=/dev/hda
or do i need to change boot=/dev/hda?

YES W00T w00t it works thx for the lilo -v tip
i didnt do that after i played with the conf