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James wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I have several new portables to install. |
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> On an HP9000z I reformatted the hard drive |
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> and used liveCD 2007.0. I performed the most basic |
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> installation (no X, KDE ....) |
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> The installation ran to completion. The installation |
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> process declared itself successful. |
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> Upon reboot I get this error message: |
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> Block Device /dev/sda4 is not a valid root device... |
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> The root block device is unspecified or not detected. |
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> Please specify a device to boot, or "shell" for a shell... |
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> The partitioning is quite simple |
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> sda1 ntfs vista(soon) |
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> sda2 reiserfs /boot |
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> sda3 swap |
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> ada4 reiserfs / |
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> Trying sda2 does not work either. |
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> Is the best method to rescue this install to use the |
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> minimal cd and fdisk and mark the sda2 partition as |
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> a boot. |
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> I'm about ready to use the Handbook and perform the install |
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> the old way... |
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> Any suggestions? |
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> James |
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What's the drive mappings look like in the bios, I've had issues with |
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sata (I assume) in the past and funky drive mappings because of the |
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bios. It's also possible you missed the sata drivers in the kernel. Did |
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you use genkernel or did you do it by hand? |
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--Joshua Doll |
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