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2008/9/6 ert256 <ert256@×××××.com>: |
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> [ 06.09.2008 18:04 ], Tamer Higazi : |
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>> Hi people, |
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>> I have installed the latest gentoo linux distribution and I don't know |
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>> what I am missing in my installation, specially the last gentoo |
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>> installation worked for me fine. |
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>> |
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>> At booting I recive the error message: |
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>> "Block device /dev/sda5 is not a valid root device." |
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>> |
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>> Hard disk is a SATA one, with a Core2Duo machine. |
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> I had similar problem when i haven't compiled in the kernel drivers for |
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> my HD controller (Sata controller). |
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> Are You sure, Your kernel is configure correctly ? |
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>> |
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>> What am I doing wrong? |
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>> |
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>> for any help solving my problem, I would thank you kindly. |
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>> |
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>> Tamer |
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>> content of my fstab: |
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>> # /etc/fstab: static file system information. |
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>> # |
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>> # noatime turns off atimes for increased performance (atimes normally |
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>> aren't |
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>> # needed; notail increases performance of ReiserFS (at the expense of |
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>> storage |
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>> # efficiency). It's safe to drop the noatime options if you want and to |
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>> # switch between notail / tail freely. |
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>> # |
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>> # The root filesystem should have a pass number of either 0 or 1. |
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>> # All other filesystems should have a pass number of 0 or greater than 1. |
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>> # |
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>> # See the manpage fstab(5) for more information. |
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>> # |
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>> |
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>> # <fs> <mountpoint> <type> <opts> |
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>> <dump/pass> |
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>> |
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>> # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts. |
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>> /dev/sda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2 |
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>> /dev/sda5 / ext3 noatime 0 1 |
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>> /dev/sda6 /opt ext3 noatime 0 1 |
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>> /dev/sda7 /usr/local ext3 noatime 0 1 |
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>> /dev/sda8 /home ext3 noatime 0 1 |
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>> /dev/sda9 none swap sw 0 0 |
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>> /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom audo noauto,ro 0 0 |
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>> #/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto 0 0 |
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>> # glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for |
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>> # POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink). |
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>> # (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will |
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>> # use almost no memory if not populated with files) |
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>> shm /dev/shm tmpfs |
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>> nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 |
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>> |
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>> and grub.conf: |
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>> grub.conf: |
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>> # This is a sample grub.conf for use with Genkernel, per the Gentoo |
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>> handbook |
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>> # |
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>> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10#doc_chap2 |
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>> |
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>> # If you are not using Genkernel and you need help creating this file, you |
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>> # should consult the handbook. Alternatively, consult the |
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>> grub.conf.sample that |
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>> # is included with the Grub documentation. |
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>> default 0 |
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>> timeout 30 |
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>> |
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>> title Gentoo Linux 2.6.25-r7 |
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>> root (hd0,0) |
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>> kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 root=/dev/ram0 |
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>> init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/sda5 |
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>> initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 |
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if you've compiled your sata driver as a module you'd have to have it |
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in the initrd file or else it won't be able to load it and read data |
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from the disk. i've found out that some modules like the sata driver |
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are best compiled as integrated into the kernel. |
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-- |
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dott. ing. beso |
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