From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KLXvs-0006b6-6l for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:34:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 97B2FE0462; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:34:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.198]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FD13E0462 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:34:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.102] (ool-182c9ffc.dyn.optonline.net [24.44.159.252]) by mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0K4G000UR4XPVR80@mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:34:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:33:32 -0400 From: Richard Marzan Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 20008 install problem: "Could not find the root block device in ." In-reply-to: <4884EA42.9050903@gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-id: <1216794812.1162.5.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <488350D2.7030103@gmail.com> <48836BBD.4050801@j-schmitz.net> <4883708E.4010201@gmail.com> <48837219.8020200@j-schmitz.net> <4884BE71.1080606@gmail.com> <4884EA42.9050903@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 5f257462-8f02-47b4-b68f-6909810a722d X-Archives-Hash: 6e9c75f367b60a3422bfa83c0674b635 On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 21:57 +0200, Jarry wrote: > Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> It looks to me like loader can not find my *cdrom*! > >> But that is strange, because kernel just booted from CD, > >> so it *must* see it! > > > > Unfortunately, it's the BIOS that does this. The kernel cannot boot by > > itself by some magical means. The BIOS must boot it. > > > > Your hard drives are SATA as well (on the same controller) and only the > > CD drive can't be found? That's strange. I suggest opening a bug about > > it. > > I have 2 sata hard-drives, and 1 sata dvd-writer, all attached to the > same controller (part of nvidia nforce4 southbridge). Despite of that, > only hard-drive partitions are correctly detected... > > I tested gentoo-2008.0 on different computer, but again with sata-disk > and sata-dvd, and this time P35-chipset (Intel). No problem! It seems > to me the problem is in sata_nv module (nVidia chipset): it is loaded, > but detects only disks, no cd/dvd drives. Maybe compilled without > cd-filesystem support? > > FYI, I downloaded old good install-amd64-minimal-2007.0.iso, burned, > booted, and gues what? All works! I'm going to open bug about it... > > Jarry > Please Include CONFIG_SATA_AHCI=y into your configuration of the kernel as well as CONFIG_SATA_NV=y I believe the kernel docs indicate that the NVidia chipsets should be supported by SATA_AHCI. Also, check your grub config. This is a snippet of mine and I'm using SATA HD's on my laptop with an Nvidia chipset: root (hd0,0) # the device where your /boot resides kernel /linux-2.6.23-r8 root=/dev/sda2 # the device where / resides