Custom Kernel problem

[Akash Malhotra <akash me umn edu>]

Hi ALL

I am new in the field of customization of kernel.

I am trying to build custom kernel for redhat 8. I did everystep given in
the custoning kernel section of REDHAT 8 maunal and i dint get any errors.

rpm -Uvh /mnt/cdrom/Redhat/RPMS.kernel-source*

ln -l /usr/src/linux-2.4.18 /usr/src/linux

make dep
make
make bzImage
make modules
make install
make modules_install

But when i restarted my system using my customized kernel my system hangs
giving this problem

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


And my system hangs.

ANy help is appreciated in this regard

-Akash