Hi group, I've been working and reading and tweaking and editing all day and gentoo will not boot. Typical kernel panic:
grub> root (hd0,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 grub> kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 ro [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1200, size=0x13d208] grub>boot ,,,VFS: Cannot open root device "hda3" or unknown-block(0,0) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic-not syncing...unknown-block(0,0) Panics for hda1 and hda3. Whether I use the device names or grub (hd0,x) terminology. Whether or not I declare a root dev after /vmlinuz Yes, ext2fs support was compiled *into* the kernel. There are 4 primary partitions: hda1(boot-ext2), 2(swap), 3(root-ext2) and 4(home-ext2). Very simple. No dual boot. No extended partitions. e2fsck checks out for hda1 and hda3. No errors are noted for the drive in dmesg or fdisk. Is there something I haven't tried? Maxim Check to make sure you have all the disk drivers compiled in -- for your controller etc -- some ide / ata drives require odd ones here and there -- I have tons of these errors :) Tim Holmes IT Manager / Webmaster / Teacher Medina Christian Academy A Higher Standard... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
