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bigV
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Location: Southampton, UK
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 Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 12:17 pm Post subject: VFS: Cannot open root device /dev/hda3 or 03:03 |
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I am getting the error ..
| Quote: | VFS: Cannot open root device /dev/hda3 or 03:03
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic etc etc etc 
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I know this has been posted a number of times but my situation seems a little different 
I have a Sparc Ultra10 that has only IDE (no SCSI).
The boot and root fs's are both ext3
My silo.conf file is as follows
| Quote: | image[sun4u]="/boot/vmlinuz"
label="gentoo"
root="/dev/hda3"
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Any ideas - pleeeeeeaaasee - I have lost all of my hair on this one
Look -> this is me 
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fidzysss
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Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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Location: Paris (France)
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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hi bigV,
i had this problem the first time i installed gentoo on sparc and that was because i forgot to compile the support for ide chipset on my old ultra5 (i think it's the same chipset on ultra10)
so if you already tried all thread about misconfiguration of silo and so on, try to tweak the option under
ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support ---> IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices
the turn around for my ultra5 is to activate CMD64X and CMD680 chipset support
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Weeve
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2003 12:49 am Post subject: |
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Double check that your /dev/hda3 partition isn't the wholedisk partition that's created when you make a sun disklabel.
If it's ok, can you post some more info, like your silo.conf and a listing of your partitions?
You can use the following to print a listing
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bigV
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 11:44 am Post subject: |
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Thanks fidzysss and everyone who pointed me in the right direction.
I have sorted it it now. 
At first I thought I had SCSI rather than IDE - that was until I removed the cover to have a look!!
Then I thought it was a SILO/VFS error - this turned out to be a red herring.
fidzysss sorted it with the IDE chipset stuff. I am now on my way to emergeing xfree and then to enlightenment.
If this is successfull, I will be trying it on a Sunfire with two SCSI discks (mirrored) - I love a challenge.
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sisyphus
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Location: Bristol & London - UK
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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Oh my god. I wish this topic had come up last Thursday - spent the whole day farting about compiling kernels and fiddling with silo.conf\fstab till I figured it.
Sigh. Should have posted... 
Aw well. I am now the proud owner of my first Sparc Gentoo. And a wonderful improvement over the bear that is Solaris it is too.
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