Re: [gentoo-user] amd64 kernel error

[Randy Barlow]

On Thursday 07 December 2006 22:05, James wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm almost finished on a new amd64 install. I built a new kernel
> (2.6.18-gentoo-r3) and make it a boot option in grub.conf
> and try to boot off of it. The system has these error lines
> on the screen before locking up:
>
> <snip>
> Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up.
> VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy.
> VFS: Insert root floppy and press Enter.
> <end/snip>
>
> I saved the kernel from the livecd  installation process
> and it boots just fine and works great.
> uname -a
> Linux excursion 2.6.17-gentoo-r7 #1 SMP Tue Aug 29 01:30:07 UTC 2006 x86_64
> AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
>
>
> I ran  emerge world, emerge xorg-x11 and emerge kde-meta
> all ran/compiled just fine. X is not setup (yet).
>
> I made the kernel options for 2.6.18-gentoo-r3 identical to
> those for a amd64 (turion) based system, but it still gives
> that NFS error, which is probably a vestige from the livecd
> install.
>
> Any ideas how to fix this?

What is the relevant entry in your grub.conf?  Specifically, the root= part?

R
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