Hi, + Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04/02/04 12:57]: > > On Feb 3, 2004, at 10:43 pm, Peter Wu wrote: > > >On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 20:44:31 -0200 (BRST), barreto wrote: > >> > >>However, whem I have tried my first boot, the system stops with the > >>following message above: > >> > >>STEP 3: Mounting necessary filesystems per boot options > >>Started device management daemon v1.3.25 for /dev > >>STEP 4: Determining root device > >>STEP 4a: Mounting root > >>mount: Mounting /dev/hda3 on /newroot failed: Invalid argument > >>Could not mount specified ROOT, try again > >>Root block device unspecified or not detected > >>Please specify a device to boot, or "shell" for a shell > >>:
[ sorry I'm replying here, I don't have the original message ] I also had some problems with this stuff, though it seems different from mine (I submitted a bug report - #40210). What I can tell you is: o The script that emits these messages is called linuxrc. You can find it in /usr/share/genkernel/generic. AFAIK, if you make changes to it you have to recompile the kernel (or re-create the initrd in some way) for the changes to take effect. But at least you can see what's going on. o When reach the stage above, you can type 'shell', and then you actually get a shell prompt. From there you can ivestigate: check whether /dev/hda3 exists, try to mount it yourself, etc. Moshe
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