On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 19:13 +0200, Mick wrote: > On 02/07/06, Rumen Yotov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Brand new install, and the kernel can't access the SATA disks. I don't > > > have the bandwidth to d/l an entire install CD and I have an up to date > > > distfiles locally so I used the latest install CD I have - 2005.1 > > > > > > Hardware: Dell Latitude D810 with 80G sata. > > > / on /dev/sda7 (reiser) > > > /boot on /dev/sda1 (ext2) > > > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86, latest udev installed. > > > /home, /usr, /opt, /var and distfiles on an lvm (all reiser) > > > Install disk boots fine with full access to the disk. > > > > > > On boot the initramfs detects the hardware, but complains it can't find > > > my / on /dev/sda7. Drop to a shell and the nodes are right there > > > in /dev. The reiser module is not loaded, but it was configured as a > > > module by genkernel. > > If your / fs is reiserfs then recompile your kernel with reiserfs in > the kernel (not as a module) and see if it now finds your /.
That's worth a try - it'll take an hour or three to get everything set up. But correct me if I'm wrong, I thought the whole point of using an initramfs was to be able to compile *everything* as a module, including the fs on / ? If not, that might explain why I've always had mixed results with genkernel... alan -- [email protected] mailing list
