On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 12:56:39PM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > I've been monkeying around with a vmware appliance of gentoo.2008.0 > from July. Downloaded from bagvapp.com. > > It fired right up inside vmware running on winXP with no problems. > > But now updating I'm finding I cannot get a newer kernel compiled that > will boot. The original kernel is 2.6.24-r8 and boot just fine. > > I attempted to compile a somewhat leaner meaner version. It appears > the original was a `genkernel' creation. > > I paid close attention to SCSI settings in the original and any other > settings having to do with disks. > > However my attempts consistently break out with the message: > /dev/sda3 is an invalid device > Try appending "noapic" (without the quotes, of course) to your kernel line in grub.conf.
I was having the same issues. festus -- I just want to break even.
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