Kernel Panic...Unable to mount /root FS

Whistlre

I have been perusing the forums for a few hours trying to find a solution to my problem but can not seem to find an actual solution.
Error:
read_super_block: can't find a reiserfs filesystem on (dev 01:00, block 64 size 1024)
read_super_block: can't find a reiserfs filesystem on (dev 01:00, block 8, size 1024)
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 16:43

2 Serial ATA HDs in my system.... First HD has WinXP and second HD is as follows:
fdisk /dev/hdd
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdd1 * 1 2550 20482843+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdd2 2551 2805 2048287+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hdd3 2806 5238 19543072+ 83 Linux
etc...

hdd1 is Red Hat 9
hdd2 is Gentoo
I did not install a bootloader when I installed Gentoo (This might be my problem) nor did I create a /boot partition.
Grub was installed on the MBR of
Grub.conf on /dev/hdd1 (Red Hat) looks like this:
default=2
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd1,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux-up (2.4.20-

root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/ hda=ide-scsi
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.20-8.img
title Gentoo Linux (genkernel)
root (hd1,2)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r7 root=/dev/hdd3
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.20-gentoo-r7
title Windows Xp
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

And finally my /etc/fstab on hdd3 looks as follows:
/dev/hdd3 /boot ext3 noauto,noatime 1 1
/dev/hdd3 / ext3 noatime 0 0
/dev/hdd2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0

I removed the first line and nothing changed with the error....removed first line and changed 0 0 to 1 1 on second line and still no difference on the error....

Sorry the message is so long...Just thought I would try to put all pertinent info into it at the begining

Thanks

ectospasm · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 6:22 am Post subject:

My first question is, did you remember to format the Gentoo drive? Marking it as a Linux partition won't cut it, you need to run whatever version of mkfs you intend to use on it(e.g. mkreiserfs for ReiserFS, mkfs.ext3 for ext3, etc.).

Another point I noticed, which probably doesn't affect your problem directly, is that in /etc/fstab you have /dev/hdd3 listed for both /boot and /, so if it's not causing problems now, it will cause problems later.
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Whistlre · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 2:44 pm Post subject:

Yes I did format the drive as ext3. And when I boot up to my Red Hat and check the /dev/hdd3 partition the filesystem is there...

I wasn't sure if it would make problems by having /dev/hdd3 mounted for both / and /boot.

ectospasm · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 9:30 pm Post subject:

My only thought is that it's trying to look for a reiserfs filesystem, which you probably don't have. I would take reiserfs support out of the kernel (if and only if you don't have any reiserfs partitions), and make sure that ext3 support compiled directly in (not as a module).

If your /boot isn't a separate filesystem, you don't need a line for it in /etc/fstab. Mounting / will mount /boot along with all of the other directories.
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Whistlre · Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 12:25 am Post subject:

Well guess I'm just going to start over from the beginning...
Will keep posted if it fails again....

Whistlre · Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 5:11 am Post subject:

Well the good news is after reinstalling I got the system to come up.....
YEAH!!!
Don't know what was incorrect in the first build. But it worked second time around....
Now just need to fix a few small things and I will be up and running....
Thanks again for the assistance Ectospasm.

Later
Whistlre