Can't boot to /dev/sda4

ketema · n00b Joined: 17 May 2004 Posts: 31 Location: Florida

http://www.rafb.net/paste/results/N2zxcJ24.html

Can soneone tell me why this machine says /dev/sda4 is not a valid root device?

Specs in above URL.

Thanks

microtechno · Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 4:19 am Post subject:

Hi
I am not able to answer this really. But at the moment i am doing and install and using
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xm
also why is the /boot/grub/grub.conf

microtechno · Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:12 am Post subject:

Hi
found this might help your problem
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-122656.html

ketema · n00b Joined: 17 May 2004 Posts: 31 Location: Florida

Thanks. I figured it out. My RAID controller was not properly loaded in the kernel.

As for your grub file, everyones can be different. (hd,0,0) simply means the first hard drive and the first partition. My file is (hd0,1) because my boot partition is the second partition on the first hard drive. the xpm file is the splash screen file.

microtechno · Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:50 am Post subject:

Yeh fixed my problem as well, needed the IDE loaded in the kernel.
Thanks
I worked that one out after going through all the posts.