On 11/08/2010 05:28 AM, Coert Waagmeester wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> On Thursday 04 November 2010, dhk wrote: >>> I've always used the genkernel, but now am trying to make a manual one. >>> I think the kernel is alright since all the default setting seemed >>> reasonable and the build was easy enough. However, when I boot to it I >>> get a kernel panic and it complains about the root device /dev/hda3. So >>> I think the problem has to do with my parameters or syntax in grub.conf. >>> Below are three grub menu options. The first two have the problem and >>> the third is the genkernel that works fine. Is there something wrong >>> with the way the first two are? Thanks. >>> >>> # This is a Manually built kernel with default settings. kernel panic >>> title Gentoo Linux x86 2.6.34-r12 >>> root (hd0,0) >>> kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.34-gentoo-r12 root=/dev/hda3 >>> >>> # This is a Manually built kernel with default settings. kernel panic >>> title Gentoo Linux x86 2.6.34-r12 >>> root (hd0,0) >>> kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.34-gentoo-r12 root=/dev/hda3 vga=791 >>> splash=verbose video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap udev >>> # From Documentation: video=uvesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap,1024x768...@85 >>> >>> # This a genkernel and works >>> title Gentoo Linux x86 2.6.34-r6 >>> root (hd0,0) >>> kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.34-gentoo-r6 init=/linuxrc >>> ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 vga=791 splash=verbose >>> video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap udev >>> initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.34-gentoo-r6 >>> >>> --dhk >> >> grub must point to sda3 not hda3 >> >> > > Yes, I had a similar problem. > The device names are different on my machine between genkernel and my > own kernel. > Make sure to change that in your /etc/fstab as well. > > Dont know if this is always the case though. > > Regards, > Coert Waagmeester > >
I'm booting to an IDE hard disk. Are you say the device name should change from /dev/hda3 to /dev/sda3? If I change it in /etc/fstab and it doesn't work, I'll have problems, I'll probably have to boot to the livecd. Thanks, --dhk
