maxim wexler wrote: > Hi group, > > I've been working and reading and tweaking and editing > all day and gentoo will not boot. Typical kernel > panic: > > grub> root (hd0,0) > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > > grub> kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 ro > [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1200, size=0x13d208] > > grub>boot > > ,,,VFS: Cannot open root device "hda3" or > unknown-block(0,0) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic-not syncing...unknown-block(0,0) > > Panics for hda1 and hda3. Whether I use the device > names or grub (hd0,x) terminology. Whether or not I > declare a root dev after /vmlinuz > > Yes, ext2fs support was compiled *into* the kernel. > > There are 4 primary partitions: > hda1(boot-ext2), > 2(swap), > 3(root-ext2) and > 4(home-ext2). > > Very simple. No dual boot. No extended partitions. > > e2fsck checks out for hda1 and hda3. No errors are > noted for the drive in dmesg or fdisk. > > Is there something I haven't tried? > > Maxim > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate > in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367 >
Did a bit of googling for ya. You did compile in support for your IDE controller right? If not, it can't see your drives. Just a thought. Hope that helps. Dale :-) :-) :-) -- www.myspace.com/dalek1967 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
