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Jacksinsomnia
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 Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 8:11 pm Post subject: Error on first boot |
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I just did a stage 3 install using genkernel and get the following error on the first boot:
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mount: Mounting /dev/hda3 on /newroot failed: Invalid Argument
>> Could not mount specified ROOT, try again
>> The root block device is unspecified or not detected
Please specify a device to boot, "shell" for a shell
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When I try /dev/hda3 at the prompt I get the exact same error.
I can boot off the live cd and mount both the root and boot file systems just fine.
Here is my grub.conf:
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default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Gentoo Linux 2.4.26-r6
root (hd0,0)
kernel /kernel-2.4.26-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_r
oot=/dev/hda3
initrd /initrd-2.4.26-gentoo-r6
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And my /etc/fstab:
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# <fs> <mountpoint> <type> <opts> <dump/pass>
# NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts.
/dev/hda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2
/dev/hda3 / ext3 noatime 0 1
/dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user 0 0
#/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto 0 0
# NOTE: The next line is critical for boot!
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
# glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for
# POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink).
# (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will
# use almost no memory if not populated with files)
# Adding the following line to /etc/fstab should take care of this:
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
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_Nomad_
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| Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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I'd suggest changing grub.conf to the following:
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timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Gentoo Linux 2.4.26-r6
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.4.26-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/hda3 |
and see if that works... |
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Jacksinsomnia
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| Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| _Nomad_ wrote: | I'd suggest changing grub.conf to the following:
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timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Gentoo Linux 2.4.26-r6
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.4.26-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/hda3 |
and see if that works... |
No Luck, I get a kernel panic |
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_Nomad_
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| Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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| kernel panic??! then there's something wrong with the kernel... I'm not familiar with how genkernel works so I'd suggest building one yourself... It's really not that hard... |
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Jacksinsomnia
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| Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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| _Nomad_ wrote: | | kernel panic??! then there's something wrong with the kernel... I'm not familiar with how genkernel works so I'd suggest building one yourself... It's really not that hard... |
I unemerged grub and setup lilo and now it works just fine. Weird. |
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_Nomad_
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 4:54 am Post subject: |
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wel... as long as it works  |
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