[gentoo-user] Cannot open root device "hde4" or uknown-block(0,0)

[gentoo-user] Cannot open root device "hde4" or uknown-block(0,0)

[Bill Six]

Hi,

I've just installed Gentoo alongside XP.  /dev/hde is
my main harddrive.  I'm getting the error

"VFS: Cannot open root device "hde4" or
uknown-block(0,0)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic.."

Any idea why this is?  Maybe this info will help

It's a 120 Gig harddrive
/dev/hde1 is 20 Gigs, for Windows
/dev/hde2 is 32 Megs, for /boot
/dev/hde3 is 512 Megs, for swap
/dev/hde4 is the rest of the harddrive, for /

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Bill Six


	
		
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Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot open root device "hde4" or uknown-block(0,0)

[Willie Wong]

On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 08:54:56PM -0800, Bill Six wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've just installed Gentoo alongside XP.  /dev/hde is
> my main harddrive.  I'm getting the error
> 
> "VFS: Cannot open root device "hde4" or
> uknown-block(0,0)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic.."
> 
> Any idea why this is?  Maybe this info will help
> 
> It's a 120 Gig harddrive
> /dev/hde1 is 20 Gigs, for Windows
> /dev/hde2 is 32 Megs, for /boot
> /dev/hde3 is 512 Megs, for swap
> /dev/hde4 is the rest of the harddrive, for /
> 
> Any ideas?

what do you have in grub.conf?

what filesystem are you running for /? (did you compile the necessary
kernel options for that filesystem?)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot open root device "hde4" or uknown-block(0,0)

[Glenn Enright]

On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 19:59, Willie Wong wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 08:54:56PM -0800, Bill Six wrote:
> > "VFS: Cannot open root device "hde4" or
> > uknown-block(0,0)
> > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> > Kernel panic.."
> > It's a 120 Gig harddrive
> > /dev/hde1 is 20 Gigs, for Windows
> > /dev/hde2 is 32 Megs, for /boot
> > /dev/hde3 is 512 Megs, for swap
> > /dev/hde4 is the rest of the harddrive, for /
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> what do you have in grub.conf?

That looks like the right idea to me too. root(0,0) is not what should be in 
your boot loader.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot open root device "hde4" or uknown-block(0,0)

[赵光]

> >
> > what do you have in grub.conf?
>
> That looks like the right idea to me too. root(0,0) is not what should be in
> your boot loader.
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i think it is root(4,0)
root=hd(4,3)
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Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot open root device "hde4" or uknown-block(0,0)

[Norberto Bensa]

Bill Six wrote:
> "VFS: Cannot open root device "hde4" or
> uknown-block(0,0)

You need ide drivers for your chipset AND your filesystem compiled in your 
kernel or in an initrd. 

Your grub.conf seems OK since VFS is telling you "root device hde4"

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Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot open root device "hde4" or uknown-block(0,0)

[Bill Six]

--- Norberto Bensa <nbensa@gmx.net> wrote:

> Bill Six wrote:
> > "VFS: Cannot open root device "hde4" or
> > uknown-block(0,0)
> 
> You need ide drivers for your chipset AND your
> filesystem compiled in your 
> kernel or in an initrd. 


Ok.  That sounds good (I've usually used genkernel,
now I'm compiling the kernel manually.)  I have the
filesystem compiled in the kernel, how would I find
the ide drivers for my chipset?  lspci?

Thanks

> 
> Your grub.conf seems OK since VFS is telling you
> "root device hde4"
> 
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Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot open root device "hde4" or uknown-block(0,0)

[Brett I. Holcomb]

Yes, run lspci as root and it will spit out what you have.  Your 
motherboard manual may also give the information.

On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, Bill Six wrote:

>
> --- Norberto Bensa <nbensa@gmx.net> wrote:
>
>> Bill Six wrote:
>>> "VFS: Cannot open root device "hde4" or
>
> Ok.  That sounds good (I've usually used genkernel,
> now I'm compiling the kernel manually.)  I have the
> filesystem compiled in the kernel, how would I find
> the ide drivers for my chipset?  lspci?
>
> Thanks
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot open root device "hde4" or uknown-block(0,0)

[Norberto Bensa]

Bill Six wrote:
> how would I find
> the ide drivers for my chipset?  lspci?
>

Yes. You can also use "generic ide" as a backup-driver if you don't know which 
one to use, but you'll lose dma.

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