Trouble booting using genkernel all -

[toxicnaan]

I've tried this doing a gentoo install following the handbook to the letter, but I'm having trouble using grub to boot a kernel build with the genkernel all.

My boot parition is resierfs, but I've also tried with and ext2 for the /boot filesystem, but that's not my problem. my kernel can't seem to mount the initrd after it has loaded it into ram?

genkernel is populating boot with my kernel and a initrd , which is fine, unpacking the initrd file and identifing it with file command shows a valid loopback disk image. I've not tried mounting that as a loopback filesystem yet, maybe I should try that next, but without a running system, my hands are tied.


sh-2021: reiserfs_read_super: can not find reiserfs on ram0(0,1)
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:01

my grub is the default from the hand book.

default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Gentoo Linux 2.4.26-r9
root (hd0,0)
kernel /kernel-2.4.26-gentoo-r9 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3
initrd /initrd-2.4.26-gentoo-r9


it seems to be loading my initrd into ram, but can't mount it.

Any idea what this could be?

I've tried a 2004.2 live cd, which has the same result

I've also tried a 2004.3 install from stage 1... same result (and that was on another computer).

I've got a feeling I'm doing something very very wrong, I find it hard to believe both gentoo handbooks have errors...

help!

[Pat-rizio]

could you please post your partition table?
(to show it run 'fdisk' and then 'p')

[kimchi_sg]

[Pat-rizio]

Cool!