[SOLVED] SATA detection problem - VFS error

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pg · Post by pg » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:03 pm

Hi there,

I am getting very similar error like in http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-682202.html
The error is

sda driver: sd
sda1
sda2
[..3..4..]
sda5
sda7
sdb driver: sd
sdb1
sdb2
sdb3
....(4,5,6,7,8..)
sdb9
No filesystems could mount root, tried: reiserfs ext3 ext2 msods vfat ntfs 
 Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,19)

All my partitions are Reiserfs and reiserfs is compiled as built-in as well as AHCI and SATA drives support.

Thanks for any help

Kernel config file http://pastie.caboo.se/173255
dmesg from ubuntu (same pc) http://pastie.caboo.se/173257

Fstab:

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/dev/sdb2		none		swap		sw			0 0	
/dev/sdb3		/		reiserfs	notail			0 1
/dev/sdb1		/boot		reiserfs	defaults,noatime	1 2
/dev/vg_system/home	/home		reiserfs	defaults		0 2
/dev/vg_system/usr	/usr		reiserfs	defaults		0 2
/dev/vg_system/var	/var		reiserfs	defaults		0 2
/dev/vg_system/data	/var/data	reiserfs	defaults		0 2 
/dev/cdrom		/mnt/cdrom	auto		noauto,user		0 0

GRUB conf

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title		Gentoo 2.6.23-r9
root		(hd1,0)
kernel		/vmlinuz-2.6.23-gentoo-r9 root=/dev/sdb3 ro
initrd		/initrd-2.6.23-gentoo-r9
quiet

ls -l /boot

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root@ubuntux86:/mnt/gentoo/boot# ls -l
razem 18705
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       1 2008-03-28 13:38 boot -> .
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      23 2008-03-31 14:25 config -> config-2.6.23-gentoo-r9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   81716 2008-03-31 12:34 config-2.6.22-gentoo-r10
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   36502 2008-03-31 14:25 config-2.6.23-gentoo-r9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   46742 2008-02-29 12:32 config-2.6.24-gentoo-r3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      24 2008-03-31 12:34 config.old -> config-2.6.22-gentoo-r10
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     600 2008-03-31 07:38 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  728197 2008-03-31 12:36 initrd-2.6.22-gentoo-r10
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  509695 2008-03-31 14:28 initrd-2.6.23-gentoo-r9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  509701 2008-03-29 11:41 initrd-2.6.24-gentoo-r3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      27 2008-03-31 14:25 System.map -> System.map-2.6.23-gentoo-r9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  824060 2008-03-31 12:34 System.map-2.6.22-gentoo-r10
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1055254 2008-03-31 14:25 System.map-2.6.23-gentoo-r9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1045954 2008-03-30 10:16 System.map-2.6.24-gentoo-r3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      24 2008-03-31 14:25 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.23-gentoo-r9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1783872 2008-03-31 12:34 vmlinuz-2.6.22-gentoo-r10
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2882648 2008-03-31 14:25 vmlinuz-2.6.23-gentoo-r9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2738296 2008-02-29 12:32 vmlinuz-2.6.24-gentoo-r3

lspci

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00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RD580 [CrossFire Xpress 3200] Chipset Host Bridge
00:02.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI-X Root Port
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600 GT (rev a1)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
03:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
03:02.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev c0)
03:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)

lspci -n

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00:00.0 0600: 1002:5952
00:02.0 0604: 1002:5a34
00:06.0 0604: 1002:5a38
00:12.0 0106: 1002:4380
00:13.0 0c03: 1002:4387
00:13.1 0c03: 1002:4388
00:13.2 0c03: 1002:4389
00:13.3 0c03: 1002:438a
00:13.4 0c03: 1002:438b
00:13.5 0c03: 1002:4386
00:14.0 0c05: 1002:4385 (rev 14)
00:14.1 0101: 1002:438c
00:14.2 0403: 1002:4383
00:14.3 0601: 1002:438d
00:14.4 0604: 1002:4384
00:18.0 0600: 1022:1100
00:18.1 0600: 1022:1101
00:18.2 0600: 1022:1102
00:18.3 0600: 1022:1103
01:00.0 0300: 10de:0402 (rev a1)
02:00.0 0200: 10ec:8168 (rev 01)
03:00.0 0280: 1814:0301
03:02.0 0c00: 1106:3044 (rev c0)
03:03.0 0200: 10ec:8167 (rev 10)

pietia · Post by **pietia** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:04 pm

that's strange - have you tried any old working-with-sata kernel config?

pg · Post by pg » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:12 pm

Yes, I have. I tried kernel config file from ubuntu instllation ,from the same machine.

Here's the ubuntu's config file http://pastie.caboo.se/173425

nocph · Post by **nocph** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:19 am

Whay kernel version did you emerge?

pg · Post by pg » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:30 pm

nocph: linux-2.6.23.gentoo-r9

nocph · Post by **nocph** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:26 am

I encountered the same problem on that kernel try emerging the older kernel, I used the older 2.6.20 and I have successful installation. If your box is server, use the hardened kernel... This is kernel is built for server it has SATA2 support.

pg · Post by pg » Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:58 am

Thanks for your reply. May you share with me your kernel's config ready for sata?

nocph · Post by **nocph** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:33 am

pg wrote:Thanks for your reply. May you share with me your kernel's config ready for sata?

Mine is VIA SATA2....

Select the SATA/**** Blah
> SATA **** Blah
> VIA SATA drives....

That's my kernel on my SATA2 drive...

Hope this help...

pg · Post by pg » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:43 am

nocph: I ve tried both hardened and gentoo kernel 2.6.20 and I got the

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sda driver: sd 
 sda1 
 sda2 
 [..3..4..] 
 sda5 
 sda7 
 sdb driver: sd 
 sdb1 
 sdb2 
 sdb3 
 ....(4,5,6,7,8..) 
 sdb9 
 No filesystems could mount root, tried: reiserfs ext3 ext2 msods vfat ntfs 
  Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,19)

If you'd like here is my hardened kernel's config http://pastie.caboo.se/174027

I ve tried to run Gentoo LiveCD and it hangs when try to load AHCI module.
My BIOS is set to AHCI.

Coul this be a problem of filesystem rather then harddrive driver ?

notHerbert · Post by **notHerbert** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:41 pm

Remember to enable RAM disk support

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[*] Block devices  --->
    <*>   RAM disk support                                    
    (16)    Default number of RAM disks  
    (8192)  Default RAM disk size (kbytes)   
    (1024)  Default RAM disk block size (bytes)

nocph · Post by **nocph** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:33 am

That is a device driver on kernel...

On you LSPCI output I notice that your SATA chipset is ATI... Go to ATI section, goto SATA and Device Driver on the kernel.... Try to add all ATI SATA driver... and recompile your kernel...

And also add notHerbert post...

pg · Post by pg » Sat May 17, 2008 9:32 pm

OK, I do apologize for this late, late reply, but to anybody who is dealing with similar problem:

Try hardened version of kernel. It's solved my problem.

Thanks, for help.