On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 19:09:23 +0200 Adrian Ulrich <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi James, > > > VFS cannot open root device "hdb5" or unknown block (0,0) > > * is hdb5 the correct root-partition? > If it isn't: append 'root=/dev/hdXY' while booting > * Did you compile-in support for MAC-IDE Controllers > and your rootfilesystem? > (Slackintosh doesn't use an initrd while booting) hdb5 boots fine off of the stock slackintosh install, so I think I'm ok there. I have mac-ide compiled in as well as apple uni-north and macintosh partition types. I'm kinda stumped now :( James