-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Have you directed the first-stage bootloader to find root on hda1?
from http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2005.0/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10#doc_chap2 try 'grub-install /dev/hda' or 'grub' and grub> root (hd0,0) (Specify where your /boot partition resides) grub> setup (hd0) (Install GRUB in the MBR) grub> quit (Exit the GRUB shell) - --myk Gentoo Linux Mailing List Client wrote: > I had to move my linux partition from /dev/hda3 to /dev/hda1 > I have altered /etc/fstab to reflect the move, along with /boot/grub/menu.lst > yet everytime I boot I still get the following error. > > The root block device is unspecified or not detected. > Please specify a device or "shell" for a shell. > BOOT () :: > > at this point if I enter "/dev/hda1" the system continues to boot fine. > what am I forgetting to fix? > > TIA, > Tomoki Taniguchi -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCnsxnBOPsJyAQkeARAvGqAKDAFeCbyTVjPqezDwaGr3lITAiE4ACfTxku RwFWxRzeKggA0rutmGBTBaQ= =3UIJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [email protected] mailing list
