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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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> 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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> 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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> What am I doing wrong? |
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> for any help solving my problem, I would thank you kindly. |
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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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> # <fs> <mountpoint> <type> <opts> |
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> <dump/pass> |
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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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> 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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> # 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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> 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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