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On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 05:12:59PM +0100, Clemente Aguiar wrote: |
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> !! Block device /dev/sda3 is not a valid root device ... |
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> !! The root block device is unspecified or not detected. |
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> Please specify a device to boot, or "shell" for a shell ... |
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> Boot() :: |
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> The module that during installation is loaded is "mptsas", but during |
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> boot of the system it does not seem to load this module (at least I |
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> cannot see it among the other dozen SCSI modules it is tying to load). |
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You can't use a module for the boot device. You need to compile it into |
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the kernel, rather than as a module. |
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I doubt this is a bugzilla-worthy bug; it sounds like you've just |
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miscompiled your kernel. |
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Dustin |
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