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Amatureskills
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 Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2002 4:45 pm Post subject: Boot Problem |
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I just finished installing gentoo for the first time. I did a Stage 1 install on to a SCSI HD with the boot partition "ext2" and the root partition on "xfs".
I made sure to enable the proper SCSI and filesystem parameters in the kernel. Heres the error I get:
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VFS: Cannot open root device "sda3" or 08:03
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:03
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My GRUB config:
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root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/sda3
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Thanks for any help.
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delta407
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Did you build the SCSI stuff as modules <M> or compiled-in [*]? It has to be *, not M, to work properly.
See this thread to get back into your system to double-check.
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Amatureskills
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All the SCSI stuff is set to be compiled into the kernel [*]
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ZagiFlyer
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Did you remember to:
1) Compile XFS into the kernel?
2) Update fstab to reflect that /dev/ROOT is xfs?
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Naan Yaar
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Since he cannot mount root, the second one would not cause this problem (at least, not yet  )
Did you compile xfs directly into your kernel and not as a module?
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2) Update fstab to reflect that /dev/ROOT is xfs? |
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Amatureskills
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I've recompiled the kernel making sure all the proper SCSI options and XFS options were compiled into the kernel "[*] or <*>". I have verified the fstab settings. I still get the same error.
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Hi
It can be grub problem.
Instead of this line kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/sda3 put this one:
kernel (hd0,0)/bzImage root=/dev/sda3 |
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dougco
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When you use the kernel line, you need to leave out the "/boot", the root command already set that for you. So just try
kernel /bzImage root=/dev/sda3
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