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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user]  boot error
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:22:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070723222252.2a9e4f1e@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20070723T225444-292@post.gmane.org>

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On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:04:53 +0000 (UTC), James wrote:

> Upon reboot I get this error message:
> 
> Block Device /dev/sda4 is not a valid root device...
> The root block device is unspecified or not detected.
> Please specify a device to boot, or "shell" for a shell...


You probably haven't compiled the driver for your disk controller into
the kernel (not as a module).


-- 
Neil Bothwick

I am a computer -- dumber than any human and smarter than an
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-07-23 21:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-23 21:04 [gentoo-user] boot error James
2007-07-23 21:17 ` Joshua Doll
     [not found]   ` <loom.20070723T233436-220@post.gmane.org>
2007-07-23 21:56     ` [gentoo-user] " Joshua Doll
2007-07-23 21:22 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2007-07-23 21:44 ` [gentoo-user] " maxim wexler
2007-07-23 22:44   ` Neil Bothwick
2007-07-24  3:14     ` [gentoo-user] " James
2007-07-24  8:13       ` Neil Bothwick
2007-07-24 14:57         ` James
2007-07-24 15:54           ` Neil Bothwick
2007-07-24 16:04             ` Joshua Doll
2007-07-23 22:22 ` [gentoo-user] " Mike Williams
2007-07-24  1:52   ` [gentoo-user] " James
2007-07-24 13:51     ` Mike Williams

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