Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problem. Gentoo doesn't boot. VFS Cannot start...

[Greg Morin]

I second this one. Exact same problem initially. Someone here helped -
ensure the necessary drivers are compiled into the kernel (not modules). It
took me several trials to get the right driver. Once I got the right one,
life got better.

Gpm

On 11/14/06, Jon M <gentoo@××××××××.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Isern,
>
> I actually have the exact same problem, and someone was kind enough to
> help me so I'll pass on the same info.  Basically my problem was that I
> hadn't enabled the proper IDE Chipset (or SCSI if you use S-ATA) in the
> kernel.  When I booted off my Gentoo install cd, I can 'lspci -v' which
> showed me what type of chipset I was looking for to enable in the
> kernel.  Give that a try and it should solve your problem.
>
> Isern Palaus Montasell wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > This is the first time I install Gentoo Linux. This is my grub.conffile:
> >
> >> default 0
> >> timeout 10
> >> splashimage=(hd0,2)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> >>
> >> title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.18-r2
> >> root (hd0,2)
> >> kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.18-gentoo-r2 root=/dev/hda4
> >>
> >> title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.18 (Rescate)
> >> root (hd0,2)
> >> kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.18-gentoo-r2 root=/dev/hda4 init=/bin/bb
> >> boot
> >>
> >> #Windows XP Profesional
> >> title=Windows XP Profesional
> >> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> >> chainloader +1
> >
> >
> > Windows XP boots well but Gentoo Linux no. Start booting but prints
> this:
> >
> >> [...]
> >> VFS: Cannot opent root device "hda4" or unknow-block(0,0)
> >> Please append a correct "root=" boot option.
> >> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs or
> >> unknow-block(0,0)
> >>  <6> Time: tsc clocksource has been installed.
> >
> > I don't know where is the problem, here is my /etc/fstab file
> > configuration:
> >
> >> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> >> #
> >> # noatime turns off atimes for increased performance (atimes normally
> >> aren't
> >> # needed; notail increases performance of ReiserFS (at the expense of
> >> storage
> >> # efficiency).  It's safe to drop the noatime options if you want and
> to
> >> # switch between notail / tail freely.
> >> #
> >> # The root filesystem should have a pass number of either 0 or 1.
> >> # All other filesystems should have a pass number of 0 or greater than
> 1.
> >> #
> >> # See the manpage fstab(5) for more information.
> >> #
> >>
> >> # <fs>                  <mountpoint>    <type>
> >> <opts>          <dump/pass>
> >>
> >> # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to
> >> opts.
> >> /dev/hda3               /boot           ext2
> >> noauto,noatime  1 2
> >> /dev/hda4               /               ext3
> >> noatime         0 1
> >> /dev/hda7               none            swap
> >> sw              0 0
> >> /dev/cdroms/cdrom0      /mnt/cdrom      iso9660
> >> noauto,ro       0 0
> >> #/dev/fd0               /mnt/floppy     auto
> >> noauto          0 0
> >>
> >> # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot!
> >> proc                    /proc           proc
> >> defaults        0 0
> >>
> >> # glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for
> >> # POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink).
> >> # (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will
> >> #  use almost no memory if not populated with files)
> >> shm                     /dev/shm        tmpfs
> >> nodev,nosuid,noexec     0 0
> >
> > /dev/hda1 is a Windows Partition
> > /dev/hda3 is a Linux Partition for boot
> > /dev/hda4 is a Linux Partition for root
> > /dev/hda4 is a Linux Partition for swap.
> >
> > Thanks in advance and sorry for my school English.
> >
> > See you,
> > -- Isern Palaus
> >
> >
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