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Aman9090
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 Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 4:31 am Post subject: I'm SOO close! Unable to mount file system on boot? |
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Hey guys,
I have installed many versions of Gentoo on my machine before, but this problem has stumped me.
I made a few mistakes on my last installation and many things were broken beyond fixation/repair. So, I decided to just reinstall everything because it would end up to be less time consuming and it would actually work -- and also, I did a stage 1 install instead of a stage 3.
So, the first thing that REALLY puzzled me is that, out of nowhere, my hda changed to hde, and my hdb turned into hdf .. So, I just worked around it in the install manual.
I then configured GRUB, and being new to grub, I just did as the install manual told me. I did everything that should be working.
However, this is what I get when I try to boot my new install:
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VFS: Cannot open root device "hde4" or unknown-block(0,0)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
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So, I am really out of ideas. I can post my config or whatever is needed to solve this problem. I will be eternally grateful if someone can solve my problem. Thanks in advance!
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li1_getoo
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 4:46 am Post subject: |
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please post ur/etc/fstab && grub.conf  |
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Aman9090
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 4:51 am Post subject: |
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yes sir! 
Here it is! 
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default 0
timeout 5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm/gz
title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.5
root (hd0,0)
kernel /kernel-2.6.5 root=/dev/hde4
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By the way, to confirm, I have made sure that the kernel IS in fact supporting ReiserFS (which is my root partition) (not as a module, but built in).
Thanks for the reply, li1_getoo
EDIT: fstab is here:
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/dev/hde1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 1
/dev/hde4 / reiserfs noatime 0 0
/dev/hde2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom1 /mnt/dvd iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
/dev/hde3 /home ext3 noatime 0 0
/dev/hdf1 /storage ext3 noatime 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
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PS: I am hand-typing this so excuse me if I make a type-o somewhere
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li1_getoo
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 4:56 am Post subject: |
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| Code: | | splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz |
, have a look at this line
this is urs splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm/gz also post ur /etc/fstab please |
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Aman9090
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 4:57 am Post subject: |
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yes, sorry -- I misread your post.
Fstab is posted
Again, thanks for the help!
and that thing with the splashimage -- I just mistyped it.. My splashscreen works fine when I load grub
My bad, sorry! |
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li1_getoo
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 5:05 am Post subject: |
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try editing ur fstab see the diff  | Code: | /dev/hde1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2
/dev/hde4 / reiserfs noatime 0 1
/dev/hde2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom1 /mnt/dvd iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
/dev/hde3 /home ext3 noatime 0 1
/dev/hdf1 /storage ext3 noatime 0 1
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
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Aman9090
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 5:18 am Post subject: |
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No, that didn't work  Hmm
Anyways, it's late over here so I'm going to go to bed. I will check back on this thread tomorrow, so if you have any additional ideas, I can check it out tomorrow morning. I appreciate your help and I'm sure we can find a sollution to the problem!
Thanks again!
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li1_getoo
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 5:25 am Post subject: |
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| k make sure u compiled reiserfs , ext3 and ext3 on ur kernel [*] |
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wrxjunkie
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 6:11 am Post subject: |
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I added this into my fstab today and got it working:
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none /dev devfs defaults 0 0
none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
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Using LILO I did:
right BEFORE:
I have no idea why it was bitchin' about devfs, because this is my first linux distro and this is first time, out of at least 10 tries, that I got gentoo to boot. But, this gave it a quick kick in the jewels.  I hope it helps you in some way! |
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Rainmaker
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 6:29 am Post subject: |
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try reffering to your bootdisk as /dev/hda instead of /dev/hde
I know the livecd detected it different, but there are a lot of people with similair problems...
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Aman9090
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 7:02 pm Post subject: Thank you so much! |
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I changed everything from fstab information to grub.conf information as suggested and it worked splendidly! As suggested, I changed everything from hde* to hda* and it worked brilliantly! It is odd how the LiveCD detected them as hde but Gentoo itself detected them as hda ...
Anyways, I appreciate EVERYONE'S help in this situation! Thanks again!
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