Apparently, though unproven, at 18:34 on Thursday 04 November 2010, dhk did opine thusly:
> I've always used the genkernel, but now am trying to make a manual one. > I think the kernel is alright since all the default setting seemed > reasonable and the build was easy enough. However, when I boot to it I > get a kernel panic and it complains about the root device /dev/hda3. So > I think the problem has to do with my parameters or syntax in grub.conf. > Below are three grub menu options. The first two have the problem and > the third is the genkernel that works fine. Is there something wrong > with the way the first two are? Thanks. Why did you think it a good idea to NOT post the *actual* error? Your grub entries are correct. I'll bet money that you built one or more of your chipset drivers, libata, or root filesystem driver as a module. These must not be modules, they must be built-in (otherwise you need an initrd) > > # This is a Manually built kernel with default settings. kernel panic > title Gentoo Linux x86 2.6.34-r12 > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.34-gentoo-r12 root=/dev/hda3 > > # This is a Manually built kernel with default settings. kernel panic > title Gentoo Linux x86 2.6.34-r12 > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.34-gentoo-r12 root=/dev/hda3 vga=791 > splash=verbose video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap udev > # From Documentation: video=uvesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap,1024x768...@85 > > # This a genkernel and works > title Gentoo Linux x86 2.6.34-r6 > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.34-gentoo-r6 init=/linuxrc > ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 vga=791 splash=verbose > video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap udev > initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.34-gentoo-r6 > > --dhk -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
