Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to mount root fs on uknown - block (0,0)

2006-07-26 Thread Richard Broersma Jr
> That's not very nice - I had no idea how to build a working kernel > either when I first tried Gentoo. I just stumbled through it, hitting ? > on every single option, and somehow got it to boot on the first try > through sheer dumb luck. > -- I was in the same boat as you. When I first ins

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to mount root fs on uknown - block (0,0)

2006-07-26 Thread Ryan Tandy
Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: On Wednesday 26 July 2006 13:03, askar k wrote: It's interesting for me, what the other people do when they install Gentoo 2006.0??? they know how to built a working kernel. Really, if you don't know how to do it, maybe you should not try gentoo at all? That's

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to mount root fs on uknown - block (0,0)

2006-07-26 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Wednesday 26 July 2006 13:03, askar k wrote: > It's interesting for me, what the other people do when they install > Gentoo 2006.0??? they know how to built a working kernel. Really, if you don't know how to do it, maybe you should not try gentoo at all? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing lis

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to mount root fs on uknown - block (0,0)

2006-07-26 Thread Richard Fish
On 7/26/06, karsten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: IDE/ATA support etc... but it does not work. Anyway, it would be great if someone could post her/his config for 2.6.17 to take as template. I seriously doubt that this would help you very much, because my kernel configurations are very closely tied

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to mount root fs on uknown - block (0,0)

2006-07-26 Thread askar k
I don't know... It seems you and I had different problems. As I solved mine with enabling GENERIC IDE SUPPORT. Recompiled kernel and reboot. Now it's fine... On 7/26/06, karsten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's interesting for me, what the other people do when they install > Gentoo 2006.0??? >

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to mount root fs on uknown - block (0,0)

2006-07-26 Thread askar k
On 7/26/06, Mike Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 26 July 2006 12:03, askar k wrote: > It's interesting for me, what the other people do when they install > Gentoo 2006.0??? > What should I do know??? Install Fedora and copy kernel config file from > it? Very sad... Depends. What

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to mount root fs on uknown - block (0,0)

2006-07-26 Thread karsten
> It's interesting for me, what the other people do when they install > Gentoo 2006.0??? > What should I do know??? Install Fedora and copy kernel config file from it? > Very sad... I was sad too, not being able to find the reason. So I just took the config file that was there anyway, on this oth

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to mount root fs on uknown - block (0,0)

2006-07-26 Thread Mike Williams
On Wednesday 26 July 2006 12:03, askar k wrote: > It's interesting for me, what the other people do when they install > Gentoo 2006.0??? > What should I do know??? Install Fedora and copy kernel config file from > it? Very sad... Depends. What did you do? Where did you get the kernel config from i

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to mount root fs on uknown - block (0,0)

2006-07-26 Thread askar k
It's interesting for me, what the other people do when they install Gentoo 2006.0??? What should I do know??? Install Fedora and copy kernel config file from it? Very sad... On 7/26/06, karsten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have the exact same problem, and have tried on this already for so long.

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to mount root fs on uknown - block (0,0)

2006-07-26 Thread askar k
My root is on hda5 - this I know I have support for ext2 and ext3 askar On 7/26/06, Hemmann, Volker Armin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 26 July 2006 12:15, askar k wrote: > Hello, > > I can't find the reason of the problem. > I installed newly gentoo 2006.0 (Kernel version 2.6.17) and

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to mount root fs on uknown - block (0,0)

2006-07-26 Thread karsten
I have the exact same problem, and have tried on this already for so long. After a while I just took a kernel config of a fedora box I have (2.6.17) and used that config and it worked straight away. Now I am in the process of removing stuff from and trying out, but its quite frankly pain in the but

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to mount root fs on uknown - block (0,0)

2006-07-26 Thread Boris Fersing
2006/7/26, askar k <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hello, I can't find the reason of the problem. I installed newly gentoo 2006.0 (Kernel version 2.6.17) and after reboot I'm having kernel panic with message: --- VFS: Cannot open root device hda5 or uknown block (0,0) Please append a correc

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to mount root fs on uknown - block (0,0)

2006-07-26 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Wednesday 26 July 2006 12:15, askar k wrote: > Hello, > > I can't find the reason of the problem. > I installed newly gentoo 2006.0 (Kernel version 2.6.17) and after > reboot I'm having kernel panic with message: > --- > VFS: Cannot open root device hda5 or uknown block (0,0) > P