All: thank-you for the help so far. I have posted this on gentoo-user as well, and will continue to work with folks individually here or publically on that list.<br><br>The responses so far have helped - Bigfish (Richard), I may respond directly to your RFI as you may be able to pinpoint the driver(s) I'm missing. I have added driver support in newly compiled kernels and gotten different errors - but I think I'm close.
<br><br>Again all - thanks. I'll pursue on gentoo-user...<br><br>Gpm<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/3/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ladislav Laska</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:ladislav.laska@gmail.com">ladislav.laska@gmail.com
</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Andrew is right, this is wrong list. Anyway, you should check that<br>
modules for your IDE controller are loaded in initrd (or compiled into<br>kernel).<br><br>You can do this by selecting the second choice in grub (rescue). It<br>will boot into busybox (a very basic shell) and you should be (un)able
<br>to mount filesystems. I don't know what exactly will busybox do for<br>your, but maybe you will need to create device node by hand.<br><br>For more informations, please write to gentoo-user list, or contact me<br>personally (but NOT this list, unless this is gentoo-installer's
<br>problem).<br><br>On 11/3/06, Greg Morin &lt;<a href="mailto:gpmorin@gmail.com">gpmorin@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt; Good day,<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;I've installed (several times) on a ThinkPad T-40, trying both manual<br>
&gt; kernel config and genkernel. I followed the online manual explicitly (I<br>&gt; think). The machine is currently loaded with the manual config. Either way,<br>&gt; the results are similar.<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;Grub shows the two boot options, then begins loading the OS.
<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;The machine begins to boot, starts loading modules, then kernel panics:<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; VFS:Cannot open root device &quot;hda3&quot; or unknown-block(0,0)<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Please append a correct &quot;root=&quot; boot option
<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on<br>&gt; unknown-block(0,0)<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;There is a single fixed disk:<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Device&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Boot&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Size&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;System&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Filesystem&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mount
<br>&gt; point<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =======&nbsp;&nbsp; ====&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;===== =========&nbsp;&nbsp; =========&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=========<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /dev/hda1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;32M&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ext2<br>&gt; /boot<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /dev/hda2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3G&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Linux swap&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; none
<br>&gt; none<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /dev/hda3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~71G&nbsp;&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ext3<br>&gt; /<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;I am able to mount and use these partitions after booting from CD.<br>&gt; /etc/fstab (/mnt/gentoo/etc/fstab when booted from disk) looks good.
<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;Filesystems ext2 and ext3 are compiled into the kernel.<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;Grub details:<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; device.map<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(hd0)&nbsp;&nbsp; /dev/hda<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; grub.conf<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;default&nbsp;&nbsp; 0<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;timeout&nbsp;&nbsp; 5
<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/spash.xpm.gz<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.17-r8<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;root (hd0,0)<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/hda3<br>&gt;
<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.17-r8 (rescue)<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;root(hd0,0)<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/hda3 init=/bin/bb<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I used grub-install /dev/hda with no errors. I've played around with the
<br>&gt; &quot;root=&quot; entry, but to no avail - not sure I'm understanding this one...<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;The kernel image appears to be valid, with no typos in filename/grub<br>&gt; entries.<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any ideas? Seems that the kernel begins to load, but can't mount the root
<br>&gt; filesystem?<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thank-you for any pointers.<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt; --<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Gpm<br>&gt; The Morins of Plantsville<br><br><br>--<br>Regards Ladislav Laska<br>S pozdravem Ladislav Laska<br>--
<br><a href="mailto:gentoo-installer@gentoo.org">gentoo-installer@gentoo.org</a> mailing list<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><br>Gpm<br>The Morins of Plantsville