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From: Steve Dommett <steve@×××××.net>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Can't mount root device (PERC 5/i)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:25:57
Message-Id: 45E3F88D.8020300@st4vs.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-server] Can't mount root device (PERC 5/i) by Patrik Jansson
1 Patrik Jansson wrote:
2 >
3 > I'm happy that the issue is solved but it's frustrating not knowing
4 > exactly what the solution was. I will know completly re-install the
5 > system and see what happends.
6
7 I'm sure the problem was the lack of partition table support in your
8 custom kernel.... that was the only difference between the LiveCD dmesg
9 and your custom kernel's.
10
11 > SCSI device sdb: 285474816 512-byte hdwr sectors (146163 MB)
12 > sdb: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
13 > sdb: asking for cache data failed
14 > sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
15 > sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3
16
17 > SCSI device sda: 285474816 512-byte hdwr sectors (146163 MB)
18 > sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
19 > sda: asking for cache data failed
20 > sda: assuming drive cache: write through
21 > sda: unknown partition table
22
23 Perhaps the drive was partitioned using Window Logical Disk manager or
24 somesuch?
25
26 Anyhow, I'm glad you've got it working finally.
27
28 Take care,
29 Steve.
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Re: [gentoo-server] Can't mount root device (PERC 5/i) Patrik Jansson <fbsd@×××××××.se>