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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 6:03 pm    Post subject: Installed Gentoo, it won't boot Reply with quote

Hi everyone,

It's my first time posting here and I've never used Gentoo before as I haven't got it working, so go easy on me :P

I followed this guide: http://www.wikihow.com/Install-Gentoo-Linux-from-Ubuntu on how to install a dual-boot of Gentoo from another distro, Ubuntu 11.10 in my case. I followed all the steps and when I ran update-grub and rebooted (it did show that Gentoo was an option) I got the following screen:

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/9527/photo1im.jpg

I don't know too much about GNU/Linux but it's obvious that kernel panic isn't a good thing. Could anyone show me where I went wrong?

If I've made some kind of unacceptable error I'm happy to format the partition and start over. The Ubuntu partition still works fine, by the way.
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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 6:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bnenenenen,

The root partition or your disk cannot be found.

Paste back your grub file and /etc/fstab

Did you compile the kernel with make && make modules_install or did you use genkernel :?: :?:
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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BillWho wrote:
bnenenenen,

The root partition or your disk cannot be found.

Paste back your grub file and /etc/fstab

Did you compile the kernel with make && make modules_install or did you use genkernel :?: :?:


I did compiled it with make && make modules_install, should I not have done?

I'll paste the files in a few minutes, occupied right now.

Thanks for helping me!
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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 6:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I did compiled it with make && make modules_install, should I not have done?

That's fine - just wanted to know if you used genkernel and generated an initramfs. Either method of compiling is fine :)
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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

/etc/fstab:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# noatime turns off atimes for increased performance (atimes normally aren't
# needed); notail increases performance of ReiserFS (at the expense of storage
# efficiency). It's safe to drop the noatime options if you want and to
# switch between notail / tail freely.
#
# The root filesystem should have a pass number of either 0 or 1.
# All other filesystems should have a pass number of 0 or greater than 1.
#
# See the manpage fstab(5) for more information.
#

# <fs> <mountpoint> <type> <opts> <dump/pass>

# NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts.
/dev/BOOT /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2
/dev/ROOT / ext3 noatime 0 1
/dev/SWAP none swap sw 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto 0 0


I'm not sure which grub file you meant (like I said I'm pretty inexperienced when it comes to GNU/Linux), I found grub.conf.gentoo and grub.default, neither of which seem to have much information in them...
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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bnenenenen,

Quote:
/dev/BOOT /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2
/dev/ROOT / ext3 noatime 0 1
/dev/SWAP none swap sw 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto 0 0

OUCH :!: :D

/dev/ROOT and /dev/SWAP etc. are supposed to be replaced with the actual devices like this:
Code:
/dev/sdb1   /boot         ext2      noauto,noatime               1 2
/dev/sdb2  /            ext3      noatime                  0 1
/dev/sdb3   /home         ext4      defaults,errors=remount-ro         1 2
/dev/sdb5      none         swap      sw                  0 0


It's no surprise it didn't start :D
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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BillWho wrote:
bnenenenen,

Quote:
/dev/BOOT /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2
/dev/ROOT / ext3 noatime 0 1
/dev/SWAP none swap sw 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto 0 0

OUCH :!: :D

/dev/ROOT and /dev/SWAP etc. are supposed to be replaced with the actual devices like this:
Code:
/dev/sdb1   /boot         ext2      noauto,noatime               1 2
/dev/sdb2  /            ext3      noatime                  0 1
/dev/sdb3   /home         ext4      defaults,errors=remount-ro         1 2
/dev/sdb5      none         swap      sw                  0 0


It's no surprise it didn't start :D


ahhaa.... I feel kind of stupid now... I'll see how it goes after replacing them

Edit: I just changed it to:

Code:
/dev/sda3      /boot      ext4      noauto,noatime   1 2
/dev/sda3      /      ext4      noatime      0 1
/dev/sda5      none      swap      sw      0 0
/dev/cdrom      /mnt/cdrom   auto      noauto,ro   0 0
/dev/fd0      /mnt/floppy   auto      noauto      0 0


and it still comes up with the same screen when I try to boot. what do?


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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bnenenenen,

Welcome to Gentoo.

Your original image is significant for what its doesn't say. After the
kernel panic wrote:
here are the available options:
should have been a list of partitions the kernel can see. In your case - there are none.

This tells us that the kernel cannot communicate with the hard drive.
All the options you need to boot must be selected in the kernel as <*>, not <M> Its only a shourt list.

Your partiton table driver
The SCSI option and the SCSI Disk options as they provide the High Level Drivers for the disk controller.
Your hard drive chip set low level driver
Your root filesystem driver.

Post the output of
Code:
lspci -k
if you need us to pick out the options for your hardware.
Post the output of
Code:
fdisk -l
and tell use which partition is used for which purpose.

You have not got as far are using the /etc/fstab file you posted but it contains problems too.
All the words in uppercase are placeholders for you to replace with actual device names, so /dev/BOOT might be /dev/sda1 for example.
You need to fix that before the system will boot.
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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 7:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NeddySeagoon wrote:
bnenenenen,

Welcome to Gentoo.

Your original image is significant for what its doesn't say. After the
kernel panic wrote:
here are the available options:
should have been a list of partitions the kernel can see. In your case - there are none.

This tells us that the kernel cannot communicate with the hard drive.
All the options you need to boot must be selected in the kernel as <*>, not <M> Its only a shourt list.

Your partiton table driver
The SCSI option and the SCSI Disk options as they provide the High Level Drivers for the disk controller.
Your hard drive chip set low level driver
Your root filesystem driver.

Post the output of
Code:
lspci -k
if you need us to pick out the options for your hardware.
Post the output of
Code:
fdisk -l
and tell use which partition is used for which purpose.

You have not got as far are using the /etc/fstab file you posted but it contains problems too.
All the words in uppercase are placeholders for you to replace with actual device names, so /dev/BOOT might be /dev/sda1 for example.
You need to fix that before the system will boot.


I think I've enabled the drivers and stuff now, but here's the output of
Code:
lspci -k
:

Code:
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RX780/RX790 Chipset Host Bridge
   Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc RX780/RX790 Chipset Host Bridge
00:02.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RD790 PCI to PCI bridge (external gfx0 port A)
   Kernel driver in use: pcieport
   Kernel modules: shpchp
00:0a.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RD790 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port F)
   Kernel driver in use: pcieport
   Kernel modules: shpchp
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [IDE mode]
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-MA770-DS3rev2.0 Motherboard
   Kernel driver in use: ahci
   Kernel modules: ahci
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 5004
   Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 5004
   Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 5004
   Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 5004
   Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 5004
   Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 5004
   Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-MA770-DS3rev2.0 Motherboard
   Kernel modules: sp5100_tco, i2c-piix4
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 5002
   Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp
   Kernel modules: pata_atiixp
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-MA770-DS3rev2.0 Motherboard
   Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
   Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
   Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 5004
   Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
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
   Kernel modules: amd64_edac_mod
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
   Kernel modules: k10temp
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9400 GT] (rev a1)
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 34ab
   Kernel driver in use: nvidia
   Kernel modules: nvidia_current, nvidia_173, nouveau, nvidiafb
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard
   Kernel driver in use: r8169
   Kernel modules: r8169
03:06.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5007G Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
   Subsystem: Belkin F5D7000 v8000 Wireless G Desktop Card
   Kernel driver in use: ath5k
   Kernel modules: ath5k
03:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard
   Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
   Kernel modules: firewire-ohci


And here's the output of
Code:
sudo fdisk -l
:

Code:
Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750155292160 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465147055 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0004b408

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048  1258293247   629145600   83  Linux
/dev/sda2      1456762878  1465145343     4191233    5  Extended
/dev/sda3      1258293248  1300236287    20971520   83  Linux
/dev/sda5      1456762880  1465145343     4191232   82  Linux swap / Solaris


/dev/sda1 is my Ubuntu partition of 600GB
/dev/sda2 is an extended partition, /dev/sda5 lives in there and that's my 4GB swap partition
/dev/sda3 is the 20GB partition Gentoo is on - I didn't want to bother making a seperate /home partition because I probably won't be keeping Gentoo for long before reinstalling it (this is more of a trial run than anything)
There's also a bit less than 100GB of free space.
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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bnenenenen,

Quote:
/dev/sda1 is my Ubuntu partition of 600GB
/dev/sda2 is an extended partition, /dev/sda5 lives in there and that's my 4GB swap partition
/dev/sda3 is the 20GB partition Gentoo is on - I didn't want to bother making a seperate /home partition because I probably won't be keeping Gentoo for long before reinstalling it (this is more of a trial run than anything)


If you only have one partition for gentoo, then that's the only partition that you would need in fstab along with swap. ubuntu and gentoo can use the same swap area.

So your '/' partition entry and swap would be:
Code:
/dev/sda3      /      ext4      noatime      0 1
/dev/sda5      none      swap      sw      0 0
#
/dev/cdrom      /mnt/cdrom   auto      noauto,ro   0 0
/dev/fd0      /mnt/floppy   auto      noauto      0 0

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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 8:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BillWho wrote:
bnenenenen,

Quote:
/dev/sda1 is my Ubuntu partition of 600GB
/dev/sda2 is an extended partition, /dev/sda5 lives in there and that's my 4GB swap partition
/dev/sda3 is the 20GB partition Gentoo is on - I didn't want to bother making a seperate /home partition because I probably won't be keeping Gentoo for long before reinstalling it (this is more of a trial run than anything)


If you only have one partition for gentoo, then that's the only partition that you would need in fstab along with swap. ubuntu and gentoo can use the same swap area.

So your '/' partition entry and swap would be:
Code:
/dev/sda3      /      ext4      noatime      0 1
/dev/sda5      none      swap      sw      0 0
#
/dev/cdrom      /mnt/cdrom   auto      noauto,ro   0 0
/dev/fd0      /mnt/floppy   auto      noauto      0 0


Thanks, I've changed fstab so it says this now, but I'm still getting the same message. I'm pretty sure it's because I haven't enabled the right stuff... Would there be anything wrong with enabling everything in the kernel config menu?
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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 8:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bnenenenen,

Your post shows that you are using an MSDOS disk label and your lspci -k shows your disk controller hardware as
Code:
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [IDE mode]
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-MA770-DS3rev2.0 Motherboard
   Kernel driver in use: ahci
   Kernel modules: ahci

00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 5002
   Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp
   Kernel modules: pata_atiixp


Go into your BIOS and set your SATA chipset in anything other than the mode its in now. [IDE mode] is intended for Windows users to use just to install the ahci driver, before they switch out of it forever. Its often slow and incomplete. IF you have an AHCI option, set that. Check that its correct with lspci -k when you reboot.

In your kernel you need:-
[*] PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support
< > ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support (DEPRECATED) ---> This must be Off
-*- SCSI device support
<*> SCSI disk support
[*] ATA ACPI Support
<*> AHCI SATA support
[*] ATA SFF support
[*] ATA BMDMA support
<*> ATI PATA support
<*> The Extended 4 (ext4) filesystem

<M> will not work for these options. Check the kernel with make menuconfig, fix it, rebuild and reinstall it. Reboot to test.
Your /etc/fstab looks much better now.
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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 8:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bnenenenen wrote:
BillWho wrote:
bnenenenen,

Quote:
/dev/sda1 is my Ubuntu partition of 600GB
/dev/sda2 is an extended partition, /dev/sda5 lives in there and that's my 4GB swap partition
/dev/sda3 is the 20GB partition Gentoo is on - I didn't want to bother making a seperate /home partition because I probably won't be keeping Gentoo for long before reinstalling it (this is more of a trial run than anything)


If you only have one partition for gentoo, then that's the only partition that you would need in fstab along with swap. ubuntu and gentoo can use the same swap area.

So your '/' partition entry and swap would be:
Code:
/dev/sda3      /      ext4      noatime      0 1
/dev/sda5      none      swap      sw      0 0
#
/dev/cdrom      /mnt/cdrom   auto      noauto,ro   0 0
/dev/fd0      /mnt/floppy   auto      noauto      0 0


Thanks, I've changed fstab so it says this now, but I'm still getting the same message. I'm pretty sure it's because I haven't enabled the right stuff... Would there be anything wrong with enabling everything in the kernel config menu?


Are you booting from ubuntu's grub :?: I run arch, gentoo and lmde on this and I use lmde's grub to boot gentoo.
Lets have a look at the grub entry for gentoo :!:
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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 8:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NeddySeagoon wrote:
Go into your BIOS and set your SATA chipset in anything other than the mode its in now. [IDE mode] is intended for Windows users to use just to install the ahci driver, before they switch out of it forever. Its often slow and incomplete. IF you have an AHCI option, set that. Check that its correct with lspci -k when you reboot.

In your kernel you need:-
[*] PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support
< > ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support (DEPRECATED) ---> This must be Off
-*- SCSI device support
<*> SCSI disk support
[*] ATA ACPI Support
<*> AHCI SATA support
[*] ATA SFF support
[*] ATA BMDMA support
<*> ATI PATA support
<*> The Extended 4 (ext4) filesystem

<M> will not work for these options. Check the kernel with make menuconfig, fix it, rebuild and reinstall it. Reboot to test.
Your /etc/fstab looks much better now.


I changed IDE to AHCI and when I rebooted I decided to try booting Gentoo again, it went a lot further than it did and is now telling me:

Code:
This is localhost.unknown_domain (Linux x86_64 3.2.12-gentoo) 21:25:57

localhost login:


I tried typing here, it also asks for a password which I obviously don't have. But yeah, it's gone a lot further, so thanks a lot man.

BillWho, I am using Ubuntu's grub, probably doesn't matter now that I can kind of boot... but thanks a lot for your help, too.
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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 8:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bnenenenen,

Thats Gentoo booted - well done.

Your login username will be root, as you have not made an ordinary user yet and the password you should have set during the install.
If not, get back into the chroot and issue the
Code:
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NeddySeagoon wrote:
bnenenenen,

Thats Gentoo booted - well done.

Your login username will be root, as you have not made an ordinary user yet and the password you should have set during the install.
If not, get back into the chroot and issue the
Code:
passwd
command

Okay, I'm logged in, and I'm not really sure what to do now... I didn't really think past getting it to boot successfully. Should I have compiled a DE? Can I do it from here?
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bnenenenen wrote:
NeddySeagoon wrote:
bnenenenen,

Thats Gentoo booted - well done.

Your login username will be root, as you have not made an ordinary user yet and the password you should have set during the install.
If not, get back into the chroot and issue the
Code:
passwd
command

Okay, I'm logged in, and I'm not really sure what to do now... I didn't really think past getting it to boot successfully. Should I have compiled a DE? Can I do it from here?


Congratulations on getting your installation to boot :)

You can continue from the console, but it would be much easier to chroot and continue with the installation. It's always easier with web access so you can follow the documentation.

Good luck :wink:
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BillWho wrote:
bnenenenen wrote:
NeddySeagoon wrote:
bnenenenen,

Thats Gentoo booted - well done.

Your login username will be root, as you have not made an ordinary user yet and the password you should have set during the install.
If not, get back into the chroot and issue the
Code:
passwd
command

Okay, I'm logged in, and I'm not really sure what to do now... I didn't really think past getting it to boot successfully. Should I have compiled a DE? Can I do it from here?


Congratulations on getting your installation to boot :)

You can continue from the console, but it would be much easier to chroot and continue with the installation. It's always easier with web access so you can follow the documentation.

Good luck :wink:


Okay, I'll carry on doing it from Ubuntu.

I just want to thank you guys because you've been really helpful and you've clearly devoted a lot of time to helping people like me. I think that's awesome, I'm honesty really grateful.
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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 10:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bnenenenen,

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