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I recently decided to update my AMD64 box from 2.38 to the new 3.2 kernel. |
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I used genkernel all to compile the upgraded kernel but when I go to boot |
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I get the following error. |
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>>Loading modules |
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>>Determining root device |
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!!Block device /dev/sdb2 is not a valid root device |
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!!Could not find the root block device in . |
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Pleas specify another value or" press enter for the same, type "shell" for |
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a shell, or "q"to skip.. |
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root block device():: |
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However at this point the computer is hung and I am no longer able to |
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input anything. I just switched over to gentoo from bsd a year or so ago |
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and am still a newbie at some of the installation procedures but I believe |
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I have followed the manual correctly with the only change being that /boot |
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is located on the root partition and not a seperate partition. I'm still |
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able to use my older kernel without a problem and the only difference that |
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I can note between the two is that older kernel seems to load in a bunch |
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of modules and starts mdev, I believe, before trying to locate root. I am |
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also using Lilo since my motherboard doesn't seem to like grub. Any help I |
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could get would be appreciated. |
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roger |
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Here is a print out of lilo.conf |
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boot=/dev/sdb |
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map=/boot/map |
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prompt |
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timeout=50 |
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default=Windows |
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image=/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.38-gentoo-r6 |
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label=2.6.38 |
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read-only |
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append="real_root=/dev/sdb2" |
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vga=773 |
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initrd=/boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.38-gentoo-r6 |
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image=/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-3.2.1-gentoo-r2 |
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label=3.2.1 |
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read-only |
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append="real_root=/dev/sdb2" |
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initrd=/boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-3.2.1-gentoo-r2 |
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other=/dev/sda1 |
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label=Windows |
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Here is a print out of fdisk |
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Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes |
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255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders, total 156301488 sectors |
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Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes |
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Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes |
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I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes |
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Disk identifier: 0x37cd3650 |
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Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System |
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/dev/sdb1 2048 12584959 6291456 82 Linux swap / Solaris |
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/dev/sdb2 * 12584960 14682111 1048576 83 Linux |
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/dev/sdb3 14682112 156301487 70809688 5 Extended |
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/dev/sdb5 14684160 18878463 2097152 83 Linux |
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/dev/sdb6 18880512 23074815 2097152 83 Linux |
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/dev/sdb7 23076864 65019903 20971520 83 Linux |
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/dev/sdb8 65021952 156301487 45639768 83 Linux |
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Here is a print out of fstab |
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# /etc/fstab: static file system information. |
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# |
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# noatime turns off atimes for increased performance (atimes normally aren't |
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# needed); notail increases performance of ReiserFS (at the expense of |
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storage |
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# efficiency). It's safe to drop the noatime options if you want and to |
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# switch between notail / tail freely. |
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# |
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# The root filesystem should have a pass number of either 0 or 1. |
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# All other filesystems should have a pass number of 0 or greater than 1. |
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# |
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# See the manpage fstab(5) for more information. |
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# |
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# <fs> <mountpoint> <type> |
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<opts> <dump/pass> |
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# NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts. |
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/dev/sdb2 / ext3 noatime |
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0 1 |
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/dev/sdb1 none swap sw |
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0 0 |
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/dev/sdb5 /var ext3 defaults |
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1 2 |
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/dev/sdb6 /tmp ext3 defaults |
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1 2 |
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/dev/sdb7 /usr ext3 defaults |
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1 2 |
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/dev/sdb8 /home ext3 defaults |
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1 2 |
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/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro |
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0 0 |
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/dev/sda2 /mnt/Windows ntfs defaults |
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1 2 |
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proc /proc proc |
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defaults 0 0 |
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shm /dev/shm tmpfs |
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nodev,nouisd,noexec 0 0 |
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#tmpfs /var/tmp/portage tmpfs |
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size=500M,mode=0777 0 0 |
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