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 1KwyE6-0003mV-4y for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:08:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BF8BBE0350; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 12:08:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.osagesoftware.com (unknown [216.144.204.42]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96B12E0350 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 12:08:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from osage.osagesoftware.com (osage.osagesoftware.com [192.168.1.10]) by mail.osagesoftware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFAC13438 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 07:08:05 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 07:07:11 -0500 From: David Relson To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Error booting new kernel Message-ID: <20081103070711.1e5bc3c1@osage.osagesoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <200811030851.02888.dirk.heinrichs.ext@nsn.com> References: <9238e8de0810310741i40656ce2i9b9bf073cbbc2954@mail.gmail.com> <200811030851.02888.dirk.heinrichs.ext@nsn.com> Organization: Osage Software Systems, Inc. X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.6.1 (GTK+ 2.12.11; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 2f11a6e0-ff4a-42f7-b1f6-924a7b6f0bbf X-Archives-Hash: 8f2660e4d496ab16eb3e6dab6dd98172 On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 08:51:01 +0100 Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Freitag 31 Oktober 2008 15:41:00 schrieb ext Marko Koci=C4=87: >=20 > > The error message while booting is like this: > > > > Using IPI shortcut mode > > BIOS EDD facility v 0.16 2004-Jul-25 1 devices found > > VFS: Cannot open root device "307" on unknown-block(3,7) > > Please append a correct "root=3D" boot option; here are the available > > partitions: > > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown- > > block(3,7) > > > > > > Note that in my lilo.conf I have root=3D/dev/hda7 line for all > > kernels. >=20 > Are you sure that all drivers (chipset, disc) needed for booting are > compiled into the kernel? Please post your .config + lspci output. >=20 > Bye... >=20 > Dirk Have you tried root=3D/dev/sda7, i.e. "s" rather than "h", in lilo? My understanding is that disk driver changes in the kernel have resulted in the replacement of IDE subsystem drivers with a "universal" (SCSI based) subsystem. A side effect of this is device name changes, notably /dev/hdX to /dev/sdX. I'm not sure that this is 100% accurate because I don't track kernel changes as closely as some folks. HTH, David