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On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 12:56:39PM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> I've been monkeying around with a vmware appliance of gentoo.2008.0 |
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> from July. Downloaded from bagvapp.com. |
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> It fired right up inside vmware running on winXP with no problems. |
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> But now updating I'm finding I cannot get a newer kernel compiled that |
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> will boot. The original kernel is 2.6.24-r8 and boot just fine. |
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> I attempted to compile a somewhat leaner meaner version. It appears |
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> the original was a `genkernel' creation. |
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> I paid close attention to SCSI settings in the original and any other |
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> settings having to do with disks. |
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> However my attempts consistently break out with the message: |
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> /dev/sda3 is an invalid device |
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Try appending "noapic" (without the quotes, of course) to your kernel |
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line in grub.conf. |
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I was having the same issues. |
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festus |
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I just want to break even. |
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