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Zaphod42
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 Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 6:26 am Post subject: Booting Error with new kernel [SOLVED] |
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Hi, this is going to be a weird sounding error.
I am currently running gentoo-dev-sources 2.6.5-r1 and they work fine. No issues.
However, I've now tried a few of the 2.6.8 versions, and come across a strange problem.
I'm getting the infamous "/dev/hdc3 is not a valid root device" message. I tried searching for these errors on here, and everything seemed to be SATA related. I don't have SATA.
I have the file systems compiled into the kernel. I have IDE support in the kernel. I am not using genkernel. I have the: root=/dev/hdc3" line in there. It just plain does not want to work.
What could possibly be the problem when 2.6.5 is working fine, but the newer version isn't when they are configured the same way?
Any ideas?
-KL
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fennec
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 6:30 am Post subject: |
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try this argument instead
real_root=/dev/hdc3 |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:46 am Post subject: |
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Post here your grub.conf.
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Zaphod42
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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Okay here we go:
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# Boot automatically after 3 secs.
timeout 3
# By default, boot the first entry.
default 0
splashimage=(hd1,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
# For booting GNU/Linux
title Gentoo (2.6.8 Full)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdc3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,1024x768-32@75 splash=silent,theme:emergence gentoo=nodevfs acpi=force
initrd /boot/initrd
title Gentoo (2.6.8 Minimal)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdc3
title Gentoo (2.6.5 Full)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz.failsafe root=/dev/hdc3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr vga=791 gentoo=nodevfs acpi=force
title Gentoo (2.6.5 Minimal)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz.failsafe root=/dev/hdc3
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The 2.6.5 ones work, the 2.6.8 ones give the "not a valid root device" message.
Here's the kernel settings for 2.6.8 (ignoring all # lines):
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CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_MMU=y
CONFIG_UID16=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA=y
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
CONFIG_CLEAN_COMPILE=y
CONFIG_SWAP=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=15
CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y
CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y
CONFIG_FUTEX=y
CONFIG_EPOLL=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_NOOP=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_AS=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
CONFIG_OBSOLETE_MODPARM=y
CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
CONFIG_KMOD=y
CONFIG_STOP_MACHINE=y
CONFIG_X86_PC=y
CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII=y
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_X86_XADD=y
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=5
CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_INTEL_USERCOPY=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
CONFIG_SMP=y
CONFIG_NR_CPUS=2
CONFIG_PREEMPT=y
CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_MCE=y
CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
CONFIG_MTRR=y
CONFIG_IRQBALANCE=y
CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK=y
CONFIG_PM=y
CONFIG_ACPI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y
CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_ACPI_AC=m
CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY=m
CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=m
CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=m
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m
CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=m
CONFIG_ACPI_ASUS=m
CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA=m
CONFIG_ACPI_BUS=y
CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y
CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_MMCONFIG=y
CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
CONFIG_ISA=y
CONFIG_PCMCIA_PROBE=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
CONFIG_STANDALONE=y
CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=y
CONFIG_PARPORT=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_CML1=m
CONFIG_PNP=y
CONFIG_ISAPNP=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CRYPTOLOOP=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=8192
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
CONFIG_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=y
CONFIG_IDE_TASKFILE_IO=y
CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ADMA=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=m
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m
CONFIG_SCSI_QLA2XXX=y
CONFIG_MD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=y
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_PACKET=y
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_QUEUE=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LIMIT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_IPRANGE=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MAC=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_PKTTYPE=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MARK=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MULTIPORT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TOS=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_RECENT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_ECN=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_DSCP=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_AH_ESP=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LENGTH=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TTL=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TCPMSS=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_HELPER=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_STATE=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_CONNTRACK=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_OWNER=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REJECT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REDIRECT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_NETMAP=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_SAME=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MANGLE=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TOS=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ECN=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_DSCP=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MARK=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_CLASSIFY=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_LOG=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ULOG=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TCPMSS=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPTABLES=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPFILTER=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_ARP_MANGLE=y
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_MII=y
CONFIG_NET_PCI=y
CONFIG_VIA_RHINE=m
CONFIG_VIA_RHINE_MMIO=y
CONFIG_INPUT=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768
CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV=m
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=m
CONFIG_SOUND_GAMEPORT=y
CONFIG_SERIO=y
CONFIG_SERIO_I8042=y
CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_INOTIFY=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS=4
CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_PRINTER=m
CONFIG_RTC=m
CONFIG_AGP=y
CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=y
CONFIG_DRM=y
CONFIG_DRM_R128=y
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
CONFIG_FB_VESA_TNG=y
CONFIG_FB_VESA_DEFAULT_MODE="640x480@60"
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
CONFIG_FB_ATY128=y
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y
CONFIG_FB_SPLASH=y
CONFIG_SPEAKUP_DEFAULT="none"
CONFIG_SOUND=y
CONFIG_SND=y
CONFIG_SND_TIMER=m
CONFIG_SND_PCM=m
CONFIG_SND_HWDEP=m
CONFIG_SND_RAWMIDI=m
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER=m
CONFIG_SND_MPU401_UART=m
CONFIG_SND_MPU401=m
CONFIG_SND_AC97_CODEC=m
CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1=m
CONFIG_USB=y
CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y
CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=m
CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=y
CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=m
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=m
CONFIG_USB_HID=m
CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y
CONFIG_JBD=y
CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
CONFIG_DNOTIFY=y
CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS_FS=y
CONFIG_UDF_FS=m
CONFIG_UDF_NLS=y
CONFIG_FAT_FS=m
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="iso8859-1"
CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
CONFIG_SYSFS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_RAMFS=y
CONFIG_NFS_FS=m
CONFIG_NFS_V3=y
CONFIG_NFSD=m
CONFIG_NFSD_V3=y
CONFIG_NFSD_TCP=y
CONFIG_LOCKD=m
CONFIG_LOCKD_V4=y
CONFIG_EXPORTFS=m
CONFIG_SUNRPC=m
CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
CONFIG_CIFS=m
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1"
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=y
CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
CONFIG_X86_FIND_SMP_CONFIG=y
CONFIG_X86_MPPARSE=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_HMAC=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DES=m
CONFIG_CRC32=y
CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=y
CONFIG_X86_SMP=y
CONFIG_X86_HT=y
CONFIG_X86_BIOS_REBOOT=y
CONFIG_X86_TRAMPOLINE=y
CONFIG_PC=y
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I can't figure out what the problem would be. I shouldn't need to use the "real_root" variable as from what I've seen it's only used by the genkernel initrd, and I am *not* using genkernel.
-KL
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Zaphod42
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| Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 4:44 am Post subject: |
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Just thought I'd note that I tried upgrading to gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.9 and it does exactly the same thing as 2.6.8. By the way, the problem as far as I can catch it is when it detects the hard drive, it is not detecting the partitions on it. Strangely, 2.6.5 does not have a problem with this.
Any ideas?
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Zaphod42
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| Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:52 am Post subject: |
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Okay, since nobody was able to answer this one, I've been stuck with 2.6.5 until today, when I noticed some note on some other site that mentioned corrupted partition tables. So in case anyone else ever has this problem, here's the solution (requires a 2.6.5 or earlier kernel)
Boot up using the old kernel. Run fdisk (not cfdisk) on the hard drive where partitions are not being recognized, take a look at the tables (p) you may notice that the usual "*" for boot flag has been replaced with a "?" instead. Toggle the boot flag off, then back on, it should now be the correct "*" again. Now "w" and reboot. Presto, kernels above 2.6.5 will now boot.
I'm so happy, I'm up to date again, things may actually work now. I still have some other problems, but at least that one is out of the way.
So, just in case someone else has the problem, now there's an answer. I'll add "SOLVED" to this thread.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 5:19 am Post subject: |
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Well fixed! I'm making a note of this one... 
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