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cach0rr0
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| daseinhorn wrote: | | cach0rr0 wrote: | if it's still unknown block device 0,0 and not something like 8,3 , then whatever kernel you're booting cant talk to your HDD (lacks support for your HDD controller)
make sure you haven't enabled anything under CONFIG_IDE |
It says unknown block (8,3). My base system is on /dev/sda3 |
unknown block 8,3 == you have HDD controller support in your kernel, that's fine
8,3 should == /dev/sda3 (8,0 == /dev/sda, 8,1 == /dev/sda1, 8,2 == /dev/sda2, 8,3 == /dev/sda3)
If it gets to the point of block 8,3 even existing, your HDD controllers are fine, and it's griping about partitions.
Looking at the screencap, it sees sda (if your HDD controller wasn't in the kernel, it wouldn't even see sda) - it just doesn't see any partitions on sda
If you were missing support for your root filesystem, it would still die at 8,3, but you would see a list of your partitions, but alas it doesn't get that far; again, it can't see any partitions on /dev/sda
Having said all of that, if you use one of pappy's seeds, and go the "add what you need, remove nothing" route, you should be in very good shape.
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daseinhorn
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| Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| cach0rr0 wrote: | | daseinhorn wrote: | | cach0rr0 wrote: | if it's still unknown block device 0,0 and not something like 8,3 , then whatever kernel you're booting cant talk to your HDD (lacks support for your HDD controller)
make sure you haven't enabled anything under CONFIG_IDE |
It says unknown block (8,3). My base system is on /dev/sda3 |
unknown block 8,3 == you have HDD controller support in your kernel, that's fine
8,3 should == /dev/sda3 (8,0 == /dev/sda, 8,1 == /dev/sda1, 8,2 == /dev/sda2, 8,3 == /dev/sda3)
If it gets to the point of block 8,3 even existing, your HDD controllers are fine, and it's griping about partitions.
Looking at the screencap, it sees sda (if your HDD controller wasn't in the kernel, it wouldn't even see sda) - it just doesn't see any partitions on sda
If you were missing support for your root filesystem, it would still die at 8,3, but you would see a list of your partitions, but alas it doesn't get that far; again, it can't see any partitions on /dev/sda
Having said all of that, if you use one of pappy's seeds, and go the "add what you need, remove nothing" route, you should be in very good shape. |
I configured the kernel according to the guide, and now it works for me. I have no clue why this time it's working, but I am happy that I can let the computer compile stuff for the night! Thanks for the help! |
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hakeem
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| Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:37 am Post subject: |
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Hey people! here's my lspci output:
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440] (rev a3)
02:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
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Any suggestion?
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cach0rr0
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| Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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| hakeem wrote: | Hey people! here's my lspci output:
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Any suggestion?
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start with the links in my signature. the "unknown block device" at boot is a fairly common one, but thankfully easy to get around with a bit of reading.
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hakeem
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| Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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I would like to use pappy's kernel-seeds.
How should i proceed? Should I download the .config file related to my kernel (2.6.38-r6) from pappy's site and copy it in /usr/src/linux, then and fill with the built-in drivers for my computer, and finally | Code: | | make && make modules_install |
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Thanks,
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hakeem
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Any suggestions?
I really need help  thanks in advance!
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Trog Dog
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| Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 11:00 am Post subject: |
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| hakeem wrote: | Any suggestions?
I really need help thanks in advance!
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There's a great walkthrough video by Cach0rr0 here.
(You'll need flash enabled to view it) I used it to step through my first pappy seeds configs, would've been lost without it.
Can't remember if the video explains the need to | Code: | | module-rebuild rebuild |
but you should do that after every kernel build - not just one of pappy's seeds |
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hakeem
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| Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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| thanks a lot! will let you know! |
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