Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs.ext@×××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Error booting new kernel
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:35:50
Message-Id: 200811031335.02015.dirk.heinrichs.ext@nsn.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Error booting new kernel by David Relson
1 Am Montag 03 November 2008 13:07:11 schrieb ext David Relson:
2
3 > Have you tried root=/dev/sda7, i.e. "s" rather than "h", in lilo?  My
4 > understanding is that disk driver changes in the kernel have resulted
5 > in the replacement of IDE subsystem drivers with a "universal" (SCSI
6 > based) subsystem.
7
8 Not replaced, the old one is still there and one has to select the new SCSI
9 based drivers explicitely.
10
11 > A side effect of this is device name changes,
12 > notably /dev/hdX to /dev/sdX.
13
14 That's true, indeed.
15
16 Bye...
17
18 Dirk
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