James wrote:
Hello,
I have several new portables to install.
On an HP9000z I reformatted the hard drive
and used liveCD 2007.0. I performed the most basic
installation (no X, KDE ....)
The installation ran to completion. The installation
process declared itself successful.
Upon reboot I get this error message:
Block Device /dev/sda4 is not a valid root device...
The root block device is unspecified or not detected.
Please specify a device to boot, or "shell" for a shell...
The partitioning is quite simple
sda1 ntfs vista(soon)
sda2 reiserfs /boot
sda3 swap
ada4 reiserfs /
Trying sda2 does not work either.
Is the best method to rescue this install to use the
minimal cd and fdisk and mark the sda2 partition as
a boot.
I'm about ready to use the Handbook and perform the install
the old way...
Any suggestions?
James
What's the drive mappings look like in the bios, I've had issues with
sata (I assume) in the past and funky drive mappings because of the
bios. It's also possible you missed the sata drivers in the kernel. Did
you use genkernel or did you do it by hand?
--Joshua Doll
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