RH 9.0 Boot disk problem

[Neal Sidhwaney <ns264 cs cornell edu>]

Hello,

I recently upgraded my computer to a P4 2.4 GHZ machine using an Asus
P4G8X Deluxe motherboard.  The motherboard has a SI 3112 Serial ATA
controller.  Anyway, when I stick in my boot disk, it errs out with
the message

Cannot open root device "" on xx:xx
Please append the correct root= message

I've tried different floppy disks, and I've tried the bootdisk in
another computer where it works, so I"m fairly sure its not a bad
floppy.  I think the problem is that there is no support for this disk
controller in the kernel.  I don't have any blank CD's and it is 4am
so I can't try a CD installation(and I prefer ftp installation).

Do I have to create a kernel with the right support and create a Red
Hat boot disk with this kernel instead of the one RedHat provides?  Or
am I missing something?  ANy help/assistance is much appreciated.

Neal