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 Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:32 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] block device /dev/sda2 is not a valid root device |
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So a couple of days ago we had this bad electrical storm and blew my breaker, and also my HDD. SO after getting a new one I installed Gentoo on it. But I am now getting
!! Block device /dev/sda2 is not a valid root device...
!! Could not find the root block device in .
my fstab is
/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults,noatime
/dev/sda2 / reiser defaults,noatime
proc /proc proc defaults
shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults,nodev,nosuid,noexec
I think it might be because I unpicked the SCSI ( or something) from the Kernel
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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silent_Walker,
| Code: | !! Block device /dev/sda2 is not a valid root device...
!! Could not find the root block device in . |
Between the word "in" and the full stop should be a list of block devices the kernel found. You have none.
This tells that one or more kernel options for reading your hard drive are either off or set as modules, or possibly the storm fried your HDD controller too.
Please post your lspci output.
Since root has not been mounted, /etc/fstab has not yet been read.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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And.... By popular demand!
lspci :
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS880 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems Devices 9602
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3)
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3c)
00:14.2 Audio Device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azaila (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Misc. Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS880M [Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series]
oe:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller (rev 10)
14:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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silent_Walker,
| Code: | | 00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA controller [AHCI mode] |
Thats youre hsrd drive controller, and its in AHCI mode too, which is good.
Under | Code: | | SCSI device support |
you need | Code: | │ │ < > RAID Transport Class │ │
│ │ -*- SCSI device support │ │
│ │ < > SCSI target support │ │
│ │ [*] legacy /proc/scsi/ support │ │
│ │ *** SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM) *** │ │
│ │ <*> SCSI disk support │ │
│ │ < > SCSI tape support │ │
│ │ < > SCSI OnStream SC-x0 tape support │ │
│ │ <*> SCSI CDROM support │ │
│ │ [ ] Enable vendor-specific extensions (for SCSI CDROM) │ │
│ │ <*> SCSI generic support │ │
│ │ < > SCSI media changer support │ │
│ │ [*] Probe all LUNs on each SCSI device |
, OK, they are not all essential to boot but you will want most of those options on a laptop, so may as well make them built in.
Under | Code: | | <*> Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers ---> |
you need | Code: | │ │ --- Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers │ │
│ │ [ ] Verbose ATA error reporting │ │
│ │ [*] ATA ACPI Support │ │
│ │ [ ] SATA Port Multiplier support │ │
│ │ *** Controllers with non-SFF native interface *** │ │
│ │ <*> AHCI SATA support │ │
│ │ < > Platform AHCI SATA support |
Note, you may need Platform AHCI SATA support as <*> too. I have two systems with the same chipset as you, one needs it, one doesn't.
That will get your HDD chipset seen by the kernel, after you rebuild and reinstall the kernel, then boot into it.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the visual man. Kernel is compiling now.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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Kernel compiled and rebooted, I get to lilo loading gentoo then a constant restart
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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lol nvm i set noatime after /boot.
Now i still get /dev/sda2 is not a valid root device
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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silent_Walker,
lilo ????
Did you run /sbin/lilo to generate a new lilo block list, so your new kernel is loaded ?
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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Yep, and still the same result
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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Looking at your graphic, your ticks are * while in my kernel it only will be selected as a module.
Can that be a problem?
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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So I just have to boot from initrd?
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silent_Walker,
You cannot load kernel modules from /lib/modules, which is on your root filesyatem until the root filesystem is mounted.
If the modules you need to mount root are stored on the root filesystem, you can't load them to be ab le to mount root, since you need to mout root to read them.
If that looks a bit circular, it is. You break the circle by either having an initrd or by building the code into your kernel. The latter is far easier.
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AHCI SATA support says "This feature depends on another which has been configured as a module. As a result, this feature will be built as a module."
What is AHCI SATA support tied to?
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silent_Walker,
Its tied to the top level SATA menu. | Code: | | <*> Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers ---> |
That item must not be <M> or everything in the menu irem can only be <M> or off.
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^ fixed that part 
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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Compiling the kernel! ^.^ So excited 
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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One last problem to point out now,
Lilo 22.8 Loading gentooEBDA is big; kernel setup stack overlaps Lilo second stage
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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silent_Walker,
I suspect your kernel is full of junk.
Why not use grub as your boot loader?
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Fixed that part and it is now booting.
Thanks NeddySeagoon and Jaglover for your support
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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Jaglover
Here is my fixed LILO
boot=/dev/sda
prompt
timeout=50
default=gentoo
image=/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-3.8.8-gentoo
label=gentoo
read-only
root=/dev/sda2
append="real_root=/dev/sda2"
initrd=/boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-3.8.8-gentoo
and my old one
boot=/dev/sda1
prompt
timeout=50
default=gentoo
image=/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-3.8.8-gentoo
label=gentoo
read-only
root=/dev/sda2
append="real_root=/dev/sda2"
initrd=/boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-3.8.8-gentoo
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