Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Michele Schiavo <gentoo@××××××××××××××.it>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] can't boot, "block device is not a valid root device"
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:45:49
Message-Id: 1220766335.13686.1.camel@uzzmaster.uzz.local
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] can't boot, "block device is not a valid root device" by Tamer Higazi
1 you need in .config kernel file
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3 CONFIG_ATA_PIIX=y
4 CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
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9 Il giorno sab, 06/09/2008 alle 22.27 +0200, Tamer Higazi ha scritto:
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11 > Hi people,
12 > I have installed the latest gentoo linux distribution and I don't know
13 > what I am missing in my installation, specially the last gentoo
14 > installation worked for me fine.
15 >
16 > At booting I recive the error message:
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18 > "Block device /dev/sda5 is not a valid root device."
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20 > Hard disk is a SATA one, with a Core2Duo machine.
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23 > What am I doing wrong?
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25 > for any help solving my problem, I would thank you kindly.
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28 > Tamer
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31 > content of my fstab and grub.conf:
32 > http://rafb.net/p/Z9WNgO61.html
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35 > content of lspci:
36 > http://rafb.net/p/VOtr9x33.html
37 >
38 >

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Re: [gentoo-user] can't boot, "block device is not a valid root device" Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@××××××.de>