kernel panic on boot

[Shawn Protsman]

I just reformatted my YD 2.3 installation and installed 3.0.  After 
installation has completed and the computer is rebooted I get the 
following:

VFS: Cannot open root device "sdb6" or 08:16
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:16

I never had this issue with YD 2.3.  Does anyone know what the solution 
may be?

One oddity I noticed during the installation was found on page 6 of "A 
Companion to Installing Yellow Dog Linux 3.0".  It says to create a 1 
MB partition using the type "Apple BootStrap'.  I don't receive this 
option.  The drop down menu only contains ext2, ext3 and swap.  Could 
this be related to the above problem?

PowerCenter Pro 240
64 MBs RAM
2 GB UWide SCSI (Mac OS 9)
9 GB UWide SCSI (Linux)

Regards,
Shawn