Re: [gentoo-user] Problems booting my server - ext2 - e2fsck

[KH]

Am 28.07.2010 15:53, schrieb Bill Longman:
> On 07/28/2010 06:42 AM, Mick wrote:
>> On 28 July 2010 09:50, KH <gentoo-user@××××××××××××××××.de> wrote:
>>
>>> I installed grub by connecting the hdd to my workstation. This did not
>>> change anything.
>>> Also I changed /etc/fstab . Now I have 0 0 for every partition. The pc
>>> boots fine now. I can use it but ... There is no /dev/hd* . Running
>>> mount /boot I get the answer /dev/hda1 does not exist. Also there is no
>>> /dev/sd*
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>
>> KH, if you have changed the kernel to use libATA (i.e. the newer
>> SATA/PATA options) then you need to update your fstab from /dev/hdaX
>> to /dev/sdaX and change your grub.conf accordingly.
>
> But he doesn't even have those devices, so this will not do him any good
> until we know how the kernel is configured (or not) and get the devices
> back.
>
> Konstantin, I'm assuming, from your original post, that you have not
> changed your kernel in any way over the last few months. You said that
> it was running fine for eight months but now after rebooting, you're in
> trouble. Are you *sure* you haven't made any changes to the kernel? I'm
> also assuming that you know that the kernel drivers for your disk
> controllers should not be built as modules but built into the kernel so
> that you don't need to go through creating an initramfs and hoping for
> your devices to get populated.
>

Hi,

I tried booting 2.6.28 / 2.6.29 / 2.6.30 . The 30 series has not been
running on the box befor. Anyway the result is the same no matter which
kernel I am booting.
I use make oldconfig for uping the kernel.

kh