boot custom kernel and /etc/fstab

[Noah]

using:  Redhat-enterprise WS version 3


I just built a custom kernel using the 2.4.21-20.EL source rpm.  it simply
does not boot and claims a VFS error and is unable to open root device "LABEL=/"

here is a screen picture of the error:
http://www.enabled.com/~noah/pictures/screen/IMG_0062.jpg

I dont know what exactly I need to do here.  what is a safe, easy way to fix
this problem so I can boot my custom kernel.


--- cat /etc/fstab ---

# cat /etc/fstab
LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
none                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
/dev/sda3               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
/dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              udf,iso9660
noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0

--- snip ---

cheers,

Noah