Zeno Davatz wrote: >Hi > >I'm trying to set up a new server with 2*200GB HD's, 2*Intel Xeon 3.4 >GHz and an Intel SE7520BD2 Motherboard (SATA). > >I can boot perfectly fine from my Gentoo 2005.0 - minimal-install CD. >The system is up and running except when I want to boot from the >harddisk (root=/dev/sda3 boot=/dev/sda1, both on jfs). I can proof >that by mounting the new system when I boot from CD and do a chroot. > >I even tried by compiling the kernel with the /proc/config.gz from the >above CD. Same result as in the subject line: >Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,3) > >Yes, I did run lilo -v and that went smoothly; and I do get the Lilo >manager in the beginning, but after that and some messages: Kernel >panic... > >I'm on 2.6.11.8 from kernel.org > >Any help is greatly appreciated. > >Thanks >Zeno > >
You will need to compile the drivers for your SATA (I assume) controller, SCSI, and SCSI disk support into your kernel, not as modules. Same for JFS. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
