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From: "Mirek Dvořák" <m.dvorak.jr@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem booting after reinstall
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:05:26
Message-Id: e09bfae70608200458g380642ebi45072b512b23f5a@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem booting after reinstall by frank
1 what about fstab?
2 Mirek
3
4 2006/8/20, frank <sdoma@××××××××.cz>:
5 >
6 > Just a bit more info, I've rebooted into the new system. Here's the
7 > whole message:
8 >
9 > ...
10 > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda3" or unknown-block(0,0)
11 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
12 > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
13 > unknown-block(0,0)
14 >
15 >
16 >
17 > On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 10:30 +0000, frank wrote:
18 > > Hi all,
19 > >
20 > > I've decided to reinstall my system to a stable one (I used ~x86
21 > > before).
22 > >
23 > > To prepare the disk I've wiped out all of / except /home and all
24 > > of /boot.
25 > >
26 > > Th installation (according to the handbook) went smoothly.
27 > >
28 > > The new kernel starts up and then I get an VFS error saying that there
29 > > is an invalid boot option root= ... and panics.
30 > >
31 > > /boot on /dev/hda1 or (hd0,0) is ext2, / on /dev/hda3 or (hd0,2)
32 > >
33 > > Here is my menu.lst:
34 > >
35 > > default 0
36 > > timeout 30
37 > >
38 > > title=Initial
39 > > root (hd0,0)
40 > > kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r4_initial root=/dev/hda3
41 > >
42 > > I've set up grub this way:
43 > > grub> root (hd0,0)
44 > > grub> setup (hd0)
45 > > grub quit
46 > >
47 > > The kernel is configured for ext2 and ext3 filesystems.
48 > >
49 > > Has anyone an Idea? I don't have further :(
50 > >
51 > > Thanks in advance
52 > > Frank
53 > >
54 >
55 > --
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57 >
58 >

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Re: [gentoo-user] Problem booting after reinstall Graham Murray <graham@×××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem booting after reinstall frank <sdoma@××××××××.cz>