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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't access disks after install
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2006 17:27:59
Message-Id: 358eca8f0607021013o73d23f7cga4d12df56d14b287@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't access disks after install by Rumen Yotov
1 On 02/07/06, Rumen Yotov <rumen@××××××.org> wrote:
2 > Alan McKinnon wrote:
3 > > Hi,
4 > >
5 > > Brand new install, and the kernel can't access the SATA disks. I don't
6 > > have the bandwidth to d/l an entire install CD and I have an up to date
7 > > distfiles locally so I used the latest install CD I have - 2005.1
8 > >
9 > > Hardware: Dell Latitude D810 with 80G sata.
10 > > / on /dev/sda7 (reiser)
11 > > /boot on /dev/sda1 (ext2)
12 > > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86, latest udev installed.
13 > > /home, /usr, /opt, /var and distfiles on an lvm (all reiser)
14 > > Install disk boots fine with full access to the disk.
15 > >
16 > > On boot the initramfs detects the hardware, but complains it can't find
17 > > my / on /dev/sda7. Drop to a shell and the nodes are right there
18 > > in /dev. The reiser module is not loaded, but it was configured as a
19 > > module by genkernel.
20
21 If your / fs is reiserfs then recompile your kernel with reiserfs in
22 the kernel (not as a module) and see if it now finds your /.
23 --
24 Regards,
25 Mick
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Re: [gentoo-user] Can't access disks after install Alan McKinnon <alan@××××××××××××××××.za>