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Dale wrote: |
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> Eric Martin wrote: |
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>> Jarry wrote: |
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>>> Hi, |
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>>> I just downloaded install-amd64-minimal-2008.0.iso, burned |
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>>> it, and tried to boot&install. But during boot-up, a message |
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>>> comes: |
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>>> ____________________________________ |
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>>> >> Determining root device... |
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>>> !! Could not find the root block device in . |
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>>> Please specify another value or: press Enter for the same, |
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>>> type "shell" for a shell, or "q" to skip... |
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>>> root block device() :: _ |
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>>> ____________________________________ |
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>>> |
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>>> What am I supposed to do??? |
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>>> |
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>>> It is a common pc, with Asus mobo (nForce4 chipset), |
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>>> 2x sata-disk, 1x sata-dvd, nvidia graphics. Everything |
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>>> correctly detected in bios and during boot-up. |
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>>> |
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>>> On the same computer, I could install gentoo-2007 last year, |
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>>> but unfortunatelly disk has died, so I had to replace it and |
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>>> install again... |
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>>> |
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>>> Jarry |
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>>> |
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>> If the 2007 cd worked then use that one. It doesn't matter what cd |
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>> you start from, only that you get started. For that matter (as people |
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>> always say) you can boot off of knoppix or the lfs (linux from |
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>> scratch) disk. The only thing the cd does for you is provide a |
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>> working linux environment that you can chroot from to install gentoo. |
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> Of course, make sure you get the tarballs off the internet if you use a |
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> CD that old. If you use the tarballs off the CD, you will have a lot of |
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> upgrades to do and it could be . . . messy. |
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> Other than that, it doesn't matter what CD you use as Eric said. I |
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> wonder of it could be done from the Mandrake install CD? It is bootable |
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> and gives a command line. LOL |
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I'll try it, but I have to download 2007 image again (I already wiped |
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it out of my hard disk). Anyway, I would really like to know, what does |
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that messsage mean... |
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I switched to shell and checked /proc/partitions: it correctly shows |
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all partitions on sda and sdb. So my hard-drives are detected. Where |
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is the problem then??? |
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Jarry |
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