root block device is unspecified

sosoisl · n00b Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 23

hi,
i have just finished installing gentoo usind lilo for dual boot , when i first rebooted and chose gentoo ,
i got a message :

the root block device is unspecified or not detected
boot()::

so what shall i include my root partition : /dev/sda6 or is it some thing else ??

regards,

idella4 · Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 3:06 pm Post subject:

It likely means the entry for your root device is not correctly nominated.
to be sure, best if you post a snapshot of your partition structure.
best way is with /etc/fstab/.
sda6 means scsi which I don't deal with.
If regular hard drives, standatrd nomenclature is /dev/hda6.
I've not used lilo for a while. Did you remember to run lilo after last adjusting it.
I remember lilo requiring that.
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sosoisl · n00b Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 23

hi idella4,

lilo is working fine because it gave when i first booted a menue to pick gentoo or windows in mycase .

and for the fstab i edeted it as followes:

/dev/sda3 /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 1 2
/dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/sda6 / ext3 noatime 0 1

none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0

/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0

any suggestions??