[gentoo-user] Problems installing on Thinkpad X41 Tablet

[Henk Boom]

(Sorry if this message appears twice, I don't think I mailed it
correctly the first time)

Hi, I am trying to intall gentoo on a Thinkpad X41 tablet, and am
having some difficulties.

I first partitionned my hard drive in knoppix, my partitions go from
sda1 to sda5. I then made a gentoo 2006.1 min install liveUSB (the X
series laptops have no cdrom) as per the instructions on
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/liveusb.xml

Booting from the USB drive, I start the gentoo kernel with gentoo
dobladecenter doscsi

The output I can see now (there was more before, but I can't seem to
scroll up) is:

Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sda4
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sda5
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sda6
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sdb
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sdb1
No bootable medium found. Waiting for new devices...
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sda
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sda1
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sda2
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sda3
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sda4
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sda5
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sda6
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sdb
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sdb1
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sda
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sda1
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sda2
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sda3
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sda4
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sda5
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sda6
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sdb
Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sdb1

!! Could not find CD to boot, something else needed!

Loading keymaps

snipped keymap stuff

Keeping default keymap
Determining root device...

!! The root block device is unspecified or not detected
Please specify a device to boot, or shell for a shell...
boot() ::

When I type /dev/sdb:

boot() :: /dev/sdb1

Mounting root...

mount: Mounting /dev/sdb1 on /newroot failed: Invalid argument
!! Could not mount specified ROOT, try again
!! The root block device is unspecified or not detected
Please specify a device to boot, or shell for a shell...
boot() ::

If I go into the shell, I can see that /dev/sdb1 and /newroot both
exist, and manually running mount /dev/sdb1 /newroot/ (with and
without -t vfat) gives the same error message:
mount: Mounting /dev/sdb1 on /newroot/ failed: Invalid argument

Where do I go from here?

Thanks,
Henk Boom
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Re: [gentoo-user] Problems installing on Thinkpad X41 Tablet

[Richard Fish]

On 10/5/06, Henk Boom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

If I go into the shell, I can see that /dev/sdb1 and /newroot both
exist, and manually running mount /dev/sdb1 /newroot/ (with and
without -t vfat) gives the same error message:
mount: Mounting /dev/sdb1 on /newroot/ failed: Invalid argument


Hmm, I haven't booted of a minimal CD in awhile, so I'm not sure
whether the included kernel includes all the right drivers for the USB
media and filesystems.

Does /sys/block/sda/dev exist? (you might need to mount -t sysfs
sysfs /sys if /sys isn't mounted at this point)

Does /proc/filesystems contain vfat?  (Again, might need mount -t
proc proc /proc)

-Richard
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Re: [gentoo-user] Problems installing on Thinkpad X41 Tablet

[Henk Boom]

On 06/10/06, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Hmm, I haven't booted of a minimal CD in awhile, so I'm not sure
whether the included kernel includes all the right drivers for the USB
media and filesystems.

Does /sys/block/sda/dev exist? (you might need to mount -t sysfs
sysfs /sys if /sys isn't mounted at this point)



Yes, after using that mount command both /sys/block/sda/dev and
/sys/block/sdb/dev exist.


Does /proc/filesystems contain vfat?  (Again, might need mount -t
proc proc /proc)



Yes. It does not have the word nodev before it though, in case that
makes a difference.

Thanks,
   Henk Boom
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