Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problem. Gentoo doesn't boot. VFS Cannot start...

2006-11-14 Thread Greg Morin
I second this one. Exact same problem initially. Someone here helped - ensure the necessary drivers are compiled into the kernel (not modules). It took me several trials to get the right driver. Once I got the right one, life got better. GpmOn 11/14/06, Jon M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Isern,I a

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problem. Gentoo doesn't boot. VFS Cannot start...

2006-11-14 Thread Jon M
Hi Isern, I actually have the exact same problem, and someone was kind enough to help me so I'll pass on the same info. Basically my problem was that I hadn't enabled the proper IDE Chipset (or SCSI if you use S-ATA) in the kernel. When I booted off my Gentoo install cd, I can 'lspci -v' whi

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problem. Gentoo doesn't boot. VFS Cannot start...

2006-11-14 Thread Mark Breddemann
Hi, i don't think that grub is your problem but the kernel config. Ensure that your (S)ATA-Controller is supported by your kernel Mark Breddemann Isern Palaus Montasell wrote: > Hello all, > > This is the first time I install Gentoo Linux. This is my grub.conf file: > >> default 0 >> timeout 10 >

[gentoo-user] Grub problem. Gentoo doesn't boot. VFS Cannot start...

2006-11-14 Thread Isern Palaus Montasell
Hello all, This is the first time I install Gentoo Linux. This is my grub.conf file: default 0 timeout 10 splashimage=(hd0,2)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.18-r2 root (hd0,2) kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.18-gentoo-r2 root=/dev/hda4 title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.18 (Rescate) root (hd0,2)