Gensplash troubles

Cryptix · Guru Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 315

i followed the guide here: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash#Configuring_Your_Bootloader with one exception that i emerged grub after i reconfigured my kernel. but when i boot up, the graphics show and everything but i get this message:

amzuk · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 7:36 pm Post subject:

hi!
show ur grub.conf

and try root=/dev/hda3
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Cryptix · Guru Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 315

i tried "/dev/hda3" and it said it wasnt a vaild root. im using genkernel btw

plut0 · Apprentice Joined: 21 Dec 2004 Posts: 272

Change this:

Cryptix · Guru Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 315

still wont work... same error. is the

timmy334 · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:05 pm Post subject:

it's supposed to point to your boot partition. For example: my boot partition is /dev/hda1, so mine would read: root (hd0,0) and my kernel would be: kernel (hd0,0)/bzImage and since my / is on /dev/hda3 it would be root=/dev/hda3. HTH
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Cryptix · Guru Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 315

so no idea how to fix it?

Cryptix · Guru Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 315

bumpskie

plut0 · Apprentice Joined: 21 Dec 2004 Posts: 272

That error can mean a number of things. Do you have support for your IDE chipset compiled in the kernel? Do you have support for your filesystem in the kernel (ext2/3 possibly)? Can you post the output of `fdisk -l`

When you get this error on bootup, can you login the rescue mode type `df` and post it here.

Cryptix · Guru Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 315

i could boot my kernel before i added a splash to my kernel. its a problem with gensplash, the kernel recognizes the partitions without it compiling. i have /boot as ext2 and the rest as ext3

amzuk · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 10:29 am Post subject:

its not a gensplash fault, i think its just kernel misconfiguration. or do u mean u can boot this kernel without splash option in grub.conf?
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Cryptix · Guru Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 315

i can boot the kernel fine without gensplash

Cryptix · Guru Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 315

im going to try gensplash with vesafb instead of vesafb-tng and see if i get the same error

Cryptix · Guru Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 315

yup, even when i take gensplash off i get the error now.... looks like i gots to reinstall, this time im not doing genkernel and ill c how it works out

plut0 · Apprentice Joined: 21 Dec 2004 Posts: 272

No need to reinstall, just fix the kernel. Look at my earlier post to see what is missing.

IgnitusBoyone · n00b Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 24

Alright, I am attempting to run this on an inspiron 8100 pentium

specs
Pentium 3
512 133mhz
30gb Hard drive
---hda1 ext2
---hda2 swap
---hda3 ext3
Ethernet card intel onboard
max rez 1400x1050

(If you ned more information I can attempt to give it upon requires)

On the first install I used the 2.6.11-r9 gentoo kernel and the genkernel configuration utility to build my kernel the system booted find except for some reason it did not properly activate my network card. While looking around for a solution I decided to attempt and install gensplash using the same guide. Know I have noticed that the genkernel command that I blindly followed in the guide dose not have the udev flag and I am wondering if this could be the problem. I am about to recompile my kernel in a while and will repost.

At any rate I am almost sure that the genkernel was and still is configured to use hard drives, but if you think I may be wrong please just tell me what options I need to check. I am some what dreadful of kernel configurations thats why I use the gen kernel in the first place, but I have to get my system to work so any help will be attempted.

Thanks for your time