Trouble installing on asus k8v

otterrsch · n00b Joined: 22 Jan 2004 Posts: 2

Hi,

This is my first experience with gentoo so please be kind. I have managed to download the
kernel source and configure and recompile them
but when I try to reboot with the new kernel
I get the error message:

VFS: cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown-block(0,0)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option

I have tried changing to /dev/sda2 /dev/sda3 etc but get the same results.

I am using lilo with an existing mandrake installation. This boots for root=/dev/sda2
so I suspect the problme must be the modules that are compiled into the kernel (or not).

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Dave

Crimson Rider · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 8:39 am Post subject:

Hi, welcome on the Gentoo bandwagon.

From the looks of it you have installed Gentoo on a (virtual) SCSI device, are you sure you have compiled in support for that device in the kernel ?

What kind of device have you installed it on ?

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muthax · n00b Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 33

same happened to me make sure that in the kernel options, under SCSI -> Low Level Drivers, you have enebled SATA drives (and possibly the driver for your chipsete, in this case via and promise. Compile them in the kernel, not as modules.

otterrsch · n00b Joined: 22 Jan 2004 Posts: 2

Thanks for the replies. Compiling the
correct SCSI drivers into the kernel fixed the problem.

As for the virtual SCSI issue,
I have only come across this beofre in terms of
using it with ATAPI IDE cdrom burners. I wonder
why is it used here for the ATA hard drives?

Dave