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Bia
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 1:55 pm    Post subject: Kernel panic Reply with quote

Just tried o install gentoo on my pc and everything went fine untill i booted up :

Code:
VFS: Cannot open root device "sda3" or unknown-block(0,0): error -6 please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partions: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) Pid: 1, com : swapper/0 Not tainted 3.5.7-gentoo

I am using genkernel.
Heres Fstab:
Code:

 /dev/sda1            /boot        ext2          defaults,noatime      0 2
 /dev/sda3            /               ext4                      noatime      0 1
 /dev/sda2            none         swap                             sw      0 0


And Grub:
Code:

default 0 
timeout 30

title gentoolinux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-3.5.7-gentoo root=/dev/sda3  rootfstype=ext4


so what did i screw this time?
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 3:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

boot cd, mount gentoo partitions, enter the chroot, nominally:
Code:
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
mount --rbind /sys /mnt/gentoo/sys
mount --rbind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev
chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
env-update
source /etc/profile
export PS1="(chroot) $PS1"
Edit /boot/grub/grub.conf:
Quote:
default 0
timeout 30

title gentoolinux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-3.5.7-gentoo root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/sda3 rootfstype=ext4
initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-amd64-3.5.7-gentoo
then
Code:
exit
reboot
genkernel builds critical drivers as modules, an initrd/initramfs is needed to install them
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 4:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

DONAHUE wrote:
boot cd, mount gentoo partitions, enter the chroot, nominally:
Code:
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
mount --rbind /sys /mnt/gentoo/sys
mount --rbind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev
chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
env-update
source /etc/profile
export PS1="(chroot) $PS1"
Edit /boot/grub/grub.conf:
Quote:
default 0
timeout 30

title gentoolinux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-3.5.7-gentoo root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/sda3 rootfstype=ext4
initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-amd64-3.5.7-gentoo
then
Code:
exit
reboot
genkernel builds critical drivers as modules, an initrd/initramfs is needed to install them


oh thanx for the info i tought that old grub cant handle ext4 filesystem so i instaled grub2 and its working now grubmakecofing fixed the intramfs
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

good for you. BTW legacy grub has been ext4 capable for about two years now.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 1:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Later on, you can learn how to build a kernel with the filesystem support that you may require built-in, so that you don't have to use the initial ramdisk. But, not yet. Not yet.
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