Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Tamer Higazi <th982a@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] can't boot, "block device is not a valid root device"
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:27:48
Message-Id: 48C2E7CE.5050209@gmail.com
1 Hi people,
2 I have installed the latest gentoo linux distribution and I don't know
3 what I am missing in my installation, specially the last gentoo
4 installation worked for me fine.
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6 At booting I recive the error message:
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8 "Block device /dev/sda5 is not a valid root device."
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10 Hard disk is a SATA one, with a Core2Duo machine.
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13 What am I doing wrong?
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15 for any help solving my problem, I would thank you kindly.
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18 Tamer
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21 content of my fstab and grub.conf:
22 http://rafb.net/p/Z9WNgO61.html
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25 content of lspci:
26 http://rafb.net/p/VOtr9x33.html

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] can't boot, "block device is not a valid root device" Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-user] can't boot, "block device is not a valid root device" Michele Schiavo <gentoo@××××××××××××××.it>