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Good day, |
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I've installed (several times) on a ThinkPad T-40, trying both manual kernel |
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config and genkernel. I followed the online manual explicitly (I think). The |
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machine is currently loaded with the manual config. Either way, the results |
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are similar. |
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Grub shows the two boot options, then begins loading the OS. |
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The machine begins to boot, starts loading modules, then kernel panics: |
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VFS:Cannot open root device "hda3" or unknown-block(0,0) |
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Please append a correct "root=" boot option |
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Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on |
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unknown-block(0,0) |
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There is a single fixed disk: |
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Device Boot Size System Filesystem Mount |
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point |
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/dev/hda1 * 32M Linux ext2 |
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/boot |
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/dev/hda2 3G Linux swap none none |
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/dev/hda3 ~71G Linux ext3 / |
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I am able to mount and use these partitions after booting from CD. |
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/etc/fstab (/mnt/gentoo/etc/fstab when booted from disk) looks good. |
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Filesystems ext2 and ext3 are compiled into the kernel. |
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Grub details: |
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device.map |
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(hd0) /dev/hda |
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grub.conf |
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default 0 |
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timeout 5 |
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splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/spash.xpm.gz |
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title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.17-r8 |
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root (hd0,0) |
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kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/hda3 |
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title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.17-r8 (rescue) |
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root(hd0,0) |
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kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/hda3 init=/bin/bb |
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I used grub-install /dev/hda with no errors. I've played around with the |
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"root=" entry, but to no avail - not sure I'm understanding this one... |
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The kernel image appears to be valid, with no typos in filename/grub |
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entries. |
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Any ideas? Seems that the kernel begins to load, but can't mount the root |
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filesystem? |
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Thank-you for any pointers. |
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Gpm |
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The Morins of Plantsville |