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From: Kamchybek Jusupov <kj.synack@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-laptop@l.g.o
Cc: lists@×××××.net
Subject: Re: [gentoo-laptop] thinkpad T43 boot problem
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:04:52
Message-Id: 20070425100325.3b1d8cfc@deimos.cpmd
In Reply to: [gentoo-laptop] thinkpad T43 boot problem by mail
1 Hi mail,
2
3 deimos ~ # cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
4 timeout 5
5 splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
6 title=Gentoo Linux 2006.1
7 root (hd0,0)
8 kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.20-gentoo-r6_2 root=/dev/sda3
9 video=vesafb:1280x800-32@60,mtrr,ywrap
10 splash=silent,fadein,theme:synack quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1
11
12 Also, attached my 2.6.20 kernel config file... Right now using Compaq
13 laptop, but config file was used from my previous thinkpad...
14
15
16
17 On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:04:33 -0400 / mail wrote:
18 With a subject: [gentoo-laptop] thinkpad T43 boot problem
19
20 > Hi,
21 >
22 > I am trying to set up a T43 with grub.
23 >
24 > I installed grub, set up the grub.conf file and it gets past the
25 > splash screen and starts to load devices, then a kernel panic:
26 >
27 > Cannot open root device "sda3" or unknown-block (2,0)
28 >
29 > This lapttop has sata drive I guess, I have the kernel sata driver
30 > loaded, and I have tried all kinds of various alternatives such as
31 > hda3, sda1, hda1, (hd0,0) etc... I know that the "root" is correct
32 > because the splash screen is fine.
33 >
34 > Does anybody have experience setting up grub on a T43?
35 >
36 > Thanks
37 > rick
38 >
39 >
40 >

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