From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DqnCK-0004ax-Pk for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2005 07:22:57 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j687LOi5002940; Fri, 8 Jul 2005 07:21:24 GMT Received: from adam.local (dyn53-128.res-hall.ndsu.NoDak.edu [134.129.53.128]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j687GjZH031165 for ; Fri, 8 Jul 2005 07:16:45 GMT Received: from adam.local by adam.local (MDaemon.PRO.v7.2.3.R) with ESMTP id md50000000137.msg for ; Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:20:05 -0500 Received: from coltrane (coltrane [192.168.0.16]) by coltrane.adam.local (Horde MIME library) with HTTP for ; Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:15:32 -0500 Message-ID: <20050708021532.lgoz4m1cvwc04484@coltrane.adam.local> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:15:32 -0500 From: Adam Holisky To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Boot help References: <5a40ef5a8608.5a86085a40ef@shaw.ca> <42CDDD4F.5040200@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42CDDD4F.5040200@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.0.3) X-Spam-Processed: adam.local, Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:20:05 -0500 (not processed: message from trusted or authenticated source) X-Return-Path: linux@holisky.com X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 9fa557cb-64c7-4fd6-b433-d61251f035c2 X-Archives-Hash: 583a29996165d4bb724e8a2adce2ad3f I just did this myself with an amd64 system. My recommendation is to use the genkernel at first, and then go through and configure it yourself after the system is up and running - and you know you have a stable system to fall back on. I've also found the most success - at least as far as everything on my box working smoothly - by using the gentoo suplied kernels/config/patches. I agree with the post below, your exact issue is almost positvly a issue of compiling SATA support, and if you use genkernel, it will compile in support for you. The part of the documentation you need to look at is here, assuming that you've already emerged the kernel source: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=7#doc_chap4 If however, you're doing a dual boot with windows, you're partition map would likely be different, with /dev/sda3 not being your linnux root, and you need to go back and look at what you've done before when setting up /etc/fstab. Good luck! - Adam. Quoting Zac Medico : > Alan Ianson wrote: >> I can't seem to boot my new install of gentoo-amd64-2005.0. I did a >> stage 3 install and all seems to have gone well but I can't seem to >> boot it up, I get a kernel panic and the last message on the screen >> says "Please use a correct root= command". I have appended >> root=/dev/sda3 and as far as I can tell that is what it should be. >> This is a brand new machine with an amd64 2800+ cpu and an sata hard >> drive. I was up into the wee hours this morning trying to boot with >> no luck, I will try again tonight and try any ideas anyone can send >> my way. Thanks in advance. :) >> >> > > You need the sata driver. You can build the driver into the kernel > statically or use a modular driver and load it from an initrd. The > install cd loads the sata drivers from a genkernel initrd. > > Zac > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list