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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 11:16 pm    Post subject: new install wont boot Reply with quote

I just installed Gentoo from a stage3 tar. I have silo configured right (or at least I hope so)

However when booting I get an error,

please append a correct "root=" boot option
kernel panic:VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:04

press L1-A to return to boot prom,

I have

partition =1
root= /dev/hda4
image = /boot/vmlinux
label = linux

root is reiserfs and I have included support in the kernel... any help would be appreciated.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 11:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you have a SCSI disc, it would be /dev/sda4... Are you sure the 4th partition is the root partition?

That's all I have
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 11:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am not using scsi. boot is partition 1, swap is 2, whole disk 3, root 4...

I followed install insttructions.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 7:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Give us a bit more info. What does your *complete* silo.conf look like?
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 5:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm haveing the same problem only i started from stage 1 and using ext3. On top of that error, I have one more line to add, which you problably have too.

Code:
VFS: Cannot open root device "hda4" or 03:04
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:04


/etc/silo.conf & /boot/silo.conf

Code:
partition = 1
root = /dev/hda4
timeout = 10
image = /boot/vmlinux
        label = linux


/etc/fstab

Code:
/dev/hda1               /boot           ext3            noauto,noatime          1 1
/dev/hda4               /               ext3            noatime                 0 0
/dev/hda2               none            swap            sw                      0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0      /mnt/cdrom      iso9660         noauto,ro               0 0
 
# NOTE: The next line is critical for boot!
none                    /proc           proc            defaults                0 0
 
# glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for
# POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink).
# (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will
#  use almost no memory if not populated with files)
# Adding the following line to /etc/fstab should take care of this:
 
none                    /dev/shm        tmpfs           defaults                0 0


The only thing I could think of is maybe my kernel is to big?

Code:
gentoo boot # ls -la vmlinux
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      3542565 Sep 10 17:27 vmlinux


Any thoughts, need any more info?
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bAZiK wrote:
Give us a bit more info. What does your *complete* silo.conf look like?


I know you weren't replying to me, but should I have more in my silo.conf?
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cybrjackle wrote:
bAZiK wrote:
Give us a bit more info. What does your *complete* silo.conf look like?


I know you weren't replying to me, but should I have more in my silo.conf?


No, its ok. I was at work when i wrote that reply and thought i got more in my silo.conf.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bAZiK wrote:
cybrjackle wrote:
bAZiK wrote:
Give us a bit more info. What does your *complete* silo.conf look like?


I know you weren't replying to me, but should I have more in my silo.conf?


No, its ok. I was at work when i wrote that reply and thought i got more in my silo.conf.


How big is your kernel?
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Instead of "NONE" in my fstab, should they be something different for the following?

none /proc proc defaults 0 0

# glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for
# POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink).
# (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will
# use almost no memory if not populated with files)
# Adding the following line to /etc/fstab should take care of this:

none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 6:09 pm    Post subject: ide Reply with quote

You remembered ide support in your kernel?

(addition) also, you've definitely got a sun disklabel, not a dos disklabel?
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 6:39 pm    Post subject: Re: ide Reply with quote

ciaranm wrote:
You remembered ide support in your kernel?


I'm pretty sure, I'll check when I get home again. I'm at work now.
Quote:

(addition) also, you've definitely got a sun disklabel, not a dos disklabel?


Are you asking which one I have or telling me? It's possed as telling me, but has a ? at the end. I'm confused? :roll:

I set it up the same way as the sparc install doc's 8.5

Code:
Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 2184 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes

Device    Flag    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1             1        14    105808+  83  Linux
/dev/hda2            15        49    264600   82  Linux swap
/dev/hda3             0        70    519168    5  Whole Disk
/dev/hda4            50        70    158760   83  Linux
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 8:19 pm    Post subject: Re: ide Reply with quote

cybrjackle wrote:

I set it up the same way as the sparc install doc's 8.5

Code:
Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 2184 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes

Device    Flag    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1             1        14    105808+  83  Linux
/dev/hda2            15        49    264600   82  Linux swap
/dev/hda3             0        70    519168    5  Whole Disk
/dev/hda4            50        70    158760   83  Linux


Missing the entry for 'Sun disk label'.

Code:

Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 2 heads, 488 sectors, 36701 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 976 * 512 bytes


I doubt thats the reason for your problem tho... better check for the IDE support and expecially the support for the IDE Chipset in your box.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 8:37 pm    Post subject: Re: ide Reply with quote

bAZiK wrote:
cybrjackle wrote:

I set it up the same way as the sparc install doc's 8.5

Code:
Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 2184 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes

Device    Flag    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1             1        14    105808+  83  Linux
/dev/hda2            15        49    264600   82  Linux swap
/dev/hda3             0        70    519168    5  Whole Disk
/dev/hda4            50        70    158760   83  Linux


Missing the entry for 'Sun disk label'.

Code:

Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 2 heads, 488 sectors, 36701 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 976 * 512 bytes


I doubt thats the reason for your problem tho... better check for the IDE support and expecially the support for the IDE Chipset in your box.


Anyone know what the ide chipset is in a Ultra 10, I've had it working a couple of weeks ago but wanted to start form stage 1. Getting the sparc kernel bellow 3.5 seems to be pretty hard. Maybe I removed the chipset.

Your loosing me on the "Sun disk label" were and why do I need it? I don' t have Solaris on here anymore, my /etc/fstab mirrors what is shown in the install docs and I created the slice's per install doc's. What am I missing with the "Sun disk label"??

Thanks for your help!
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 8:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The IDE chipset is option is called "CMD64{3|6|8|9} chipset support" in menuconfig. HTH!
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bAZiK wrote:
The IDE chipset is option is called "CMD64{3|6|8|9} chipset support" in menuconfig. HTH!


Thanks, I think I did remove that, will check when I get home. Why do people keep asking about the "sun disk label" what am I missing with that?

Last thing, what is "HTH"? Hi there hi. 8) j/k My brain is fried today and I can't think anymore. oh work, the day is almost over!
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 9:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cybrjackle wrote:
bAZiK wrote:
The IDE chipset is option is called "CMD64{3|6|8|9} chipset support" in menuconfig. HTH!


Thanks, I think I did remove that, will check when I get home. Why do people keep asking about the "sun disk label" what am I missing with that?

Last thing, what is "HTH"? Hi there hi. 8) j/k My brain is fried today and I can't think anymore. oh work, the day is almost over!

Hopefully I can add some insight to your questions without getting anything wrong.

The disk label is how the partitions are structured on the drive (my understanding) and having a non-Sun disklabel can be a problem, which is why everyone was asking about it. The fact you have a 'Whole Disk' partition indicates to me (my assumption here) that you have a Sun label.

HTH = Hope That Helps (?)

HTH :lol:

SMF
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 11:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bAZiK wrote:
The IDE chipset is option is called "CMD64{3|6|8|9} chipset support" in menuconfig. HTH!


That was it! Thanks, :wink:
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 11:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sfaulconer wrote:
cybrjackle wrote:
bAZiK wrote:
The IDE chipset is option is called "CMD64{3|6|8|9} chipset support" in menuconfig. HTH!


Thanks, I think I did remove that, will check when I get home. Why do people keep asking about the "sun disk label" what am I missing with that?

Last thing, what is "HTH"? Hi there hi. 8) j/k My brain is fried today and I can't think anymore. oh work, the day is almost over!

Hopefully I can add some insight to your questions without getting anything wrong.

The disk label is how the partitions are structured on the drive (my understanding) and having a non-Sun disklabel can be a problem, which is why everyone was asking about it. The fact you have a 'Whole Disk' partition indicates to me (my assumption here) that you have a Sun label.

HTH = Hope That Helps (?)

HTH :lol:

SMF


HTH, makes sence now!
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