On Thursday 07 December 2006 22:05, James wrote: > Hello, > > I'm almost finished on a new amd64 install. I built a new kernel > (2.6.18-gentoo-r3) and make it a boot option in grub.conf > and try to boot off of it. The system has these error lines > on the screen before locking up: > > <snip> > Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up. > VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy. > VFS: Insert root floppy and press Enter. > <end/snip> > > I saved the kernel from the livecd installation process > and it boots just fine and works great. > uname -a > Linux excursion 2.6.17-gentoo-r7 #1 SMP Tue Aug 29 01:30:07 UTC 2006 x86_64 > AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux > > > I ran emerge world, emerge xorg-x11 and emerge kde-meta > all ran/compiled just fine. X is not setup (yet). > > I made the kernel options for 2.6.18-gentoo-r3 identical to > those for a amd64 (turion) based system, but it still gives > that NFS error, which is probably a vestige from the livecd > install. > > Any ideas how to fix this?
What is the relevant entry in your grub.conf? Specifically, the root= part? R -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
