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On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Matthias Fechner <idefix@×××××××.net>wrote: |
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> Dear list, |
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> I switched now to a new mainboard and it seems that the drive numbering |
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> changed or my kernel does not detect any hard disks... |
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> If I try to boot my gentoo the kernel panic because it cannot find the |
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> root partition. |
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> After the panic I cannot scroll up to check what drives are detected and |
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> which numbering is used. What must I do to be able to scroll up to see |
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> what is logged to the screen? |
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> (is there maybe a special key available, the shift+page-up and scroll is |
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> not working) |
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> Thanks |
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> Matthias |
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> -- |
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> "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to |
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> build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to |
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> produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning." -- |
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> Rich Cook |
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> Your best bet is to boot from a livecd or gentoo minimal, and run fdisk -l |
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to show the disk/partition listing. |
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Also, as Neil stated, make sure your new SATA chipset drivers are compiled |
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into the kernel and not as a module; however, it you switched from say, for |
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example, and nvidia-based motherboard to another nvidia-based motherboard, |
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then you don't need to worry about that. |
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