[gentoo-user] can't stop the panic on eeepc

[maxim wexler]

Hi group,

My 900A with a fresh gentoo install boots into a panic. Says it doesn't like my root=/dev/sda2 option. But that *is* the root partition. 

fstab:

/dev/sda1   /boot     ext2    noauto,noatime     1 2
/dev/sda2   /         ext3    noatime            0 1

almost exactly like the model in the quick-install guide which uses a swap partition for /dev/sda2 and calls /dev/sda3 /.

grub.conf:

default 0
timeout 10

title Gentoo
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel root=/dev/sda2 # 'kernel /kernel' also works

The disk SSHD is divided into two partitions, the first I mount at /boot is formatted ext2, the seconded I mount at / is formatted ext3. Drivers for both fs are include *in* the kernel.

One thing I noticed when I setup grub is that the USB stick which holds the liveOS xubuntu is called /dev/sda and the SSHD /dev/sdb. Which I took into account:

grub> root (hd1,0)  #which gives the appropriate response
grub> setup (hd1)   #ditto

But of course when I boot w/o the USB stick I go back to calling the drive (hd0). I assume that's correct because poking around on the command line when I get to the splash screen proves it. If I enter the command kernel / and hit tab it displays the contents of /boot just as it should. If I follow that with root=/ and then tab it says "invalid string". Nevertheless I am convinced that /dev/sda2 is /. root=(hd0,1) also boots into a panic. On my desktop I don't even use the root= line and it boots fine. On the eeepc however that doesn't work.

Can somebody tell what I'm doing wrong?

Maxim


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