rocwhite168 wrote:
Dale<rdalek1967<at> gmail.com> writes:
I sort of think this is in there but make sure you did the same for your
drive controllers as well. You may also want to try this link.
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-4173972.html#4173972
I haven't had to put that on mine but maybe something is different. The
most common cause for this is not having the file system or drive
controller drivers built in the kernel. Sort of grasping at straws
here. I posted the link in case you want to read the rest of the
thread as well.
Make sure the option you have in fstab are correct for ext4. I have not
used ext4 so I don't know if noatime applies or not. If you are unsure,
set it to "defaults" for the time being. You should be able to change
that later.
Also, this is one of my grub.conf boot lines:
title Gentoo
kernel (hd0,0)/bzImage-2.6.30-r8-1 root=/dev/hda6
If nothing else works, copy yours to look like mine but replacing the
relevant parts to match your setup, kernel name and where root is.
Hope this helps.
Dale
Thanks for your suggestion! I have actually tried adding 'rw' before, but I
forgot to mention it earlier... It still didn't work, but with a different error
message:
"UDF-fs: No partition found (1)
List of all partitions:
0800 78125000 sda driver: sd
0801 1365121 sda1
0802 1 sda2
0803 .... sda3
0804 .... sda4
0805 .... sda5
0806 .... sda6
0807 .... sda7
No filesystem could mount root, tried: reiserfs ext3 ext2 ext4 vfat msdos
iso9660 hfsplus hfs ufs udf
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,5)
Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.31-gentoo-r10 #4
Call Trace:
panic+0x4d/0x112
mount_block_root+0x19c/0x1c9
mount_root+0xb6/0xf1
prepare_namespace+0xef/0x169
sys_access+0x1f/0x23
kernel_init+0x16a/0x184
kernel_init+0x0/0x184
kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x18"
Thanks!
Roc
I did some googling. Seriously grasping at straws here. Do you have
SMP enabled? If so, do you really have a multiprocessor or multicore
machine? I ask beause I did find where someone else had SMP enabled and
it shouldn't have been. I noticed it shows it is enabled in the config
you posted earlier. Also, make sure you have the correct CPU selected
too. I think you do tho from what I saw in the config. Also make sure
you have the correct partitions in fstab too. I know I'm bad to mix
those up sometimes or just leave out a "/" mark.
Another thought, are you sure that the drive partitions are sda and not
hda? I still use the old drivers and mine are hda but some are using
the new drivers which are sda. Just wanting to make certain. Grasping
at one more straw. ;-)
I'll do some more thinking and put a little more wear and tear on google.
Dale
:-) :-)
