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Thanks to *NeddySeagoon *from Gentoo forums, I've been able to resolve |
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my problem. It turned out not to be RAID related at all: I made and |
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mistake in configuring support for my IDE controller! |
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R |
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Randall Barlow wrote: |
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> Howdy, I'm trying a new install (since I hosed my last one) and I |
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> figured I'd give the RAID+LVM thing a go. I followed the guide at |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86+raid+lvm2-quickinstall.xml and |
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> everything seemed to have worked ok, but when I boot I get 3 no-fun |
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> (TM) lines: |
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> |
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> VFS: Cannot open root device "md3" or unknown-block(0,0) |
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> Please append a correct "root=" boot option |
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> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on |
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> unknown-block(0,0) |
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> Now, my relevant grub lines read: |
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> root (hd0,0) |
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> kernel /boot/kernel root=/dev/md3 |
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> My partition layout is just like the one show in the guide: |
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> /boot -> RAID 1 of hda1 and hdc1 |
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> swap -> hda2 and hdc2 |
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> / -> RAID 1 of hda3 and hdc3 |
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> LVM -> RAID 0 of hda4 and hdc5 (I used an extended partition on hdc |
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> because it it much larger than hda and I wanted to create an hdc6 for |
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> the additional space) |
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> I am able to boot from the livecd and mount the arrays just fine, so I |
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> believe it might be a kernel problem. But I did enable all of the |
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> necessary kernel options listed in the guide and they are built into |
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> the kernel (as is ext2/3 which are the only file systems in use). Any |
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> clues? |
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