Hi group,
My 900A with a fresh gentoo install boots into a panic. Says it doesn't like my
root=/dev/sda2 option. But that *is* the root partition.
fstab:
/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2
/dev/sda2 / ext3 noatime 0 1
almost exactly like the model in the quick-install guide which uses a swap
partition for /dev/sda2 and calls /dev/sda3 /.
grub.conf:
default 0
timeout 10
title Gentoo
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel root=/dev/sda2 # 'kernel /kernel' also works
The disk SSHD is divided into two partitions, the first I mount at /boot is
formatted ext2, the seconded I mount at / is formatted ext3. Drivers for both
fs are include *in* the kernel.
One thing I noticed when I setup grub is that the USB stick which holds the
liveOS xubuntu is called /dev/sda and the SSHD /dev/sdb. Which I took into
account:
grub> root (hd1,0) #which gives the appropriate response
grub> setup (hd1) #ditto
But of course when I boot w/o the USB stick I go back to calling the drive
(hd0). I assume that's correct because poking around on the command line when I
get to the splash screen proves it. If I enter the command kernel / and hit tab
it displays the contents of /boot just as it should. If I follow that with
root=/ and then tab it says "invalid string". Nevertheless I am convinced that
/dev/sda2 is /. root=(hd0,1) also boots into a panic. On my desktop I don't
even use the root= line and it boots fine. On the eeepc however that doesn't
work.
Can somebody tell what I'm doing wrong?
Maxim
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