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From: bmicek@×××××××××.net
To: gentoo-desktop@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-desktop]
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:26:29
Message-Id: 32837.1212441986@speakeasy.net
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2 I'm not sure if this link http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/fedora-35/fc2-vfs-cannot-open-root-device-label-or-unknown-block00-269230/
3 helps but it seems to agree with what your thinking.  Your not using an initrd so you'll need to hot wire your stuff in the kernel (not as a module).
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5 Brian Micek
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8 Monday 02 June 2008 05:10:38 pm Mansour wrote:
9 > ionut cucu wrote:
10 > > On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:15:27 -0300
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12 > > Mansour <mansour77@×××××.com> wrote:
13 > >> Here's the last few lines:
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15 > >> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda3" or unknown-block(0,0)
16 > >> Please append a correct "root=" boor option; here are the available
17 > >> partitions:
18 > >> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
19 > >> unknown-block(0,0)
20 > >>
21 > >> The root "/" is very large. It's more than 20 GB
22 > >
23 > > At a first glance:
24 > >  You need the file system for / compiled (*) in the kernel
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26 > I think you are right about this. I will recompile the kernel. And see
27 > where do I go from there.
28 > Thank you.
29 >
30 > >  You need to compile the proper chipset in the kernel(or try using the
31 > > generic one):If your system uses sata be sure to compile properly the
32 > > drivers for it
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