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xjacobx
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 Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:28 am Post subject: Booting problem, unable to mount |
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Hello,
I just finished installing Gentoo 2006 with Kernel 2.6.17-RC8, with Grub so I could boot my Windows as well. Grub and Windows are working fine, I can access Windows without any trouble but there's no way to fully boot on Gentoo, here's what I get after selecting the Gentoo option from the Grub menu:
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VFS: Cannot open root device "hda4" or unknown-block(0,0)
Please append correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) |
here is my partition table
| Quote: | default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,1)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
# Gentoo
title=Gentoo
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-rc8 root=/dev/hda4
# Windows
title=Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1 |
and here is my grub.conf
| Quote: | Device Boot ID System
/dev/hda1 * C W95 Fat32 (LBA)
/dev/hda2 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda4 83 Linux |
I've followed the Gentoo Handbook[/b]. From what I understand there's something wrong with the root partition or the mounting process. Somehow it appears that my hda4 is ext2fs, can it be that it's in ext2 instead of ext3 ? |
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zarck
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| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:47 am Post subject: |
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if your root partition is /dev/hda4 root should be (hd0,3)
you might also need support for ext3 and your ide chipset in the kernel. |
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wynn
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| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:10 am Post subject: |
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You may find more help in [FAQ] KC13: I just installed a new kernel and it won't boot
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