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bdeclerc
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 Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 12:40 pm Post subject: Kernel can't find root on cpqarray part6 on proliant 3000 |
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I'm trying to get Gentoo 1.4RC1 installed onto this machine, had to use the 1.2a boot CD because the cpqarray module crashes on load on the LiveCD.
Everything went as expected, thanks to other discussions in this forum I even managed to get GRUB to correctly install on /dev/ida/c0d0/part2 (part1 is the compaq "maintenance partition).
Because the root partition is on the Compaq Array (it's on /dev/ida/c0d0/part6) I compiled cpqarray support into the kernel, but I can't get it to boot. GRUB can launch the kernel, using:
| Code: | | /boot/bzImage root=/dev/ida/c0d0/part6 |
but when the kernel is booting, I get the following:
| Code: | cpqarray ida/c0d0: blksz=512 nr_blks=53309280
Partition check:
ida/c0d0: p1 p2 p3 <p5 p6 p7>
devfs_register(disc): NULL ops, got c02c5ab4 from major table
devfs_register(part1): NULL ops, got c02c5ab4 from major table
devfs_register(part2): NULL ops, got c02c5ab4 from major table
devfs_register(part3): NULL ops, got c02c5ab4 from major table
devfs_register(part5): NULL ops, got c02c5ab4 from major table
devfs_register(part6): NULL ops, got c02c5ab4 from major table
devfs_register(part7): NULL ops, got c02c5ab4 from major table
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VFS: Cannot open root device "ida/c0d0/part6" or 00:00
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00 |
which seems to suggest that devfs is unable to add the ida/c0d0/* partitions to /dev, which of course would account for the Kernel panic later on during the boot.
root(part6) is an ext3 partition and ext3-support is compiled into the kernel.
Does anybody have any suggestions on how to proceed?
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pjp
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| Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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A longshot, but how about this post (specifically comment 5) from this thread?
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bdeclerc
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| Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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A longshot maybe, but it did the trick!
Thanks.
| Code: | | /boot/bzImage root=/dev/ida/c0d0p6 |
Works now... |
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pjp
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| Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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Great!
Since the other thread started out as a Grub problem, I'm going to lock this one, but leave it under Installing Gentoo.
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