Did you configure properly your /etc/fstab file? Well, /etc/fstab has not yet available when the panic happens since it's on the very filesystem the kernel tries to mount and fails at it. Boovarahan: typically, this error occurs if one of the the following isn't true: - you compiled support for your SATA, IDE or SCSI controller into the kernel (not as module) - you compiled support for the filesystem of the root partition into the kernel (not as module) - the root= option in lilo.conf is correct Please verify these, along with the lilo settings as mentioned in Dannys mail. HTH, Johannes 1. lilo.conf file is as follows: # /etc/lilo.conf: lilo(8) configuration, see lilo.conf(5) # lba32 install=text boot=/dev/sda6 image=/boot/vmlinuz label=CRUX root=/dev/sda6 read-only append="quiet" # End of file 2.fstab file is this: /dev/sda6 / ext3 defaults,noatime 0 1 /dev/sda1 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0 none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 #tmp /tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0 #shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 usb /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0 # End of file 3. The SATA / ext3 fs support were not compiled as modules. 4. I have used sda6 only and no other separate partitons are used. Let me once again chroot and do the compiling. Thanks. Boovarahan S Please visit http://www.bajajinsurance.110mb.com For your web hosting needs (both free and paid) visit http://www.110mb.com/aff.php?un=bajajinsurance