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From: Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Boot Problems: /dev/sda3 is not a valid root device
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:06:25
Message-Id: 7573e9640511091055p69e30a29o53fbf850d2f567c4@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Boot Problems: /dev/sda3 is not a valid root device by Michael Shaw
1 On 11/9/05, Michael Shaw <mshaw@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > Hi all,
3 >
4 > I just tried to install Gentoo 2005.1 on a computer with one 9GB SCSI.
5 > When booting, I get the following error:
6 >
7 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
8 > Block device /dev/sda3 is not a valid root device
9 > The root block device is unspecified or not detected
10 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
11
12 Most likely you need to reconfigure and rebuild your kernel with SCSI
13 disk support and the driver for your SCSI controller compiled into the
14 kernel, not as a module (=Y, not =M).
15
16 -Richard
17
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Re: [gentoo-user] Boot Problems: /dev/sda3 is not a valid root device Michael Shaw <mshaw@×××××.com>