Failed to install properly

Thabu · Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2002 8:24 am Post subject: Failed to install properly

I fail to get my Gentoo installed properly. I'm a newbee, followed the instructions on gentoo.org etc. After reboot, get "kernel panic: VFS unable to mount root fs on 03:03".

I downloaded the stage 1-3 tarball because my download is unstable and slow (Africa). Reboot from CD and followed the instruction. Can anybody help me correct, or guide me thru the "complete" install steps?

Thanks

taskara · Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2002 1:20 pm Post subject:

sounds like you didn't compile support into your kernel for your file system type.

di dyou use XFS or EXT3 ?

whatever you used youp need to add support for it when you compile your linux kernel.

Thabu · Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2002 2:09 pm Post subject:

EXT3! I thought I did mark the support for the file systems. It doesn't show the same on the interface than it says in the installation instructions. I guess I;ll do it again...

TheHaas · n00b Joined: 13 Jun 2002 Posts: 61

taskara · Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2002 12:21 am Post subject:

it's under
"File systems"

and it's called
"Ext3 journalling files system support"

OR if you use XFS files system
"SGI XFS filesystem support"

can't get much easier than that!

don't forget if you have a shared windows ntfs or fat32 partition to add support for that too.