Did you compile in SATA support for the kernel (under SCSI low level drivers IIRC)? If so, did you compile support for the Promise FT (not as a module)?
I would boot up with the livecd, mount your / partition and comment out the /home mount (this probably isn't the problem, but it is a start to debugging...only include the necessary elements until you discover the problem). Also, as the install guide suggests, is /dev file system support compiled into the kernel (and automount for it). If you are using the 2.6 kernel, you also need /dev/pts. I have 2 240 Opterons as well, but my / partition is ext3. I had problems with X locking up when I used XFS or ReiserFS. my fstab is: /dev/sda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2 /dev/sda2 / ext3 noatime 0 1 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 let me know if you find out the problem! -- Kyle S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmie Houchin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 8:31 PM Subject: [gentoo-user] Boot problems - AMD64 install > Hello, > > I am installing Gentoo on my AMD64 server. > I compiled the gentoo-dev-sources kernel (2.6.0test9). > > On attempting to boot off the hard drive I am getting errors and it is > locking up. > > System: > Arima RioWorks HDAMA motherboard, 2 240 Opterons, Promise FT S150 SATA > Raid (on board), 4 SATA drives, 4gb ram. > > /etc/fstab > #Leaving out all the comments > /dev/sda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 1 > /dev/sda2 / reiserfs noatime,defaults 0 0 > /dev/sda3 /home reiserfs noatime 0 0 > /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0 > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > I have also tried: > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > on the last line as it is in my desktop fstab. > But no success with it either. > > > Below is my boot screen. > > > *Mounting proc at /proc ... OK > *Mounting sysfs at /sys ... > can't create lock file /etc/mtab~83: Read-only file system (use -n flag > to override) > > ...and it continues OK until > > *Mounting local filesystems ... > > here it locks up. > > > The first time I tried to boot it off the hard drive it couldn't mount > sysfs because of no /sys directory. One of the messages in the forum > said to mkdir /sys. I did that and the error message changed but still > no successful boot. > > I've tried to search the forums and have not found anything to help. > > I have other issues I posted to the forum. > But no replies. Is there a better mailing list for specifically Gentoo > AMD64 problems? I posted this one here because I don't know it is > specifically AMD64. > > Any help greatly appreciated. > > > Jimmie Houchin > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
