Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with new install

[Mike Diehl <mdiehl@diehlnet.com>]

On Friday 15 October 2010 11:40:34 am Florian Philipp wrote:
> Am 15.10.2010 19:29, schrieb Mike Diehl:
> > Hi all.
> > 
> > I've never had this much trouble with a server before, but I've been
> > pulling my hair out.
> > 
> > The install seemed to go well, but when I rebooted it from it's own hard
> > drive, it fails.  fsck claims that it can't open /dev/sda3 or that the
> > superblock doesn't describe a valid ext2 filesystem.

> *All* of the drivers could be too much. There is a generic driver which
> can prevent the "right" driver from taking over. In that case you end up
> with a /dev/hda node and no DMA. Try to deactivate "Generic ATA support"
> = CONFIG_ATA_GENERIC and "generic/default IDE chipset support" =
> CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC.
> I think it is the second option that causes that problem. However, you
> won't need the first option, either.

I tried this, first without success.  I then ran through all combinations of 
sda3, sdb3, hda3, hdb3 in /etc/fstab.  This didn't work.

> Instead of your brute-force "yes to all" approach, newer kernels also
> support `make localyesconfig` which takes all modules currently used in
> the running kernel and compiles them into the new kernel. It is very
> helpful when you already have a good but generic kernel like the one on
> your live CD.

I tried this, next.  At least now, I believe I have a viable kernel.  But it 
still didn't work.

> If even that doesn't help, it might be possible that the device
> numbering has changed and your hard disk is detected as /dev/sdb or so.
> Try mounting it by UUID (google for it, please).

I tried this.  Only now, fsck.ext2 tells me that it can't resolve the UUID.

Here is the new fstab:
/dev/sda1       /boot           ext2            noauto,noatime  1 2                           
                                                                                              
UUID=ba7511dd-a5f9-48d8-8102-cf71c08a0c7b     /       ext2    noatime    0 1   
                                                                                              
/dev/sda2       none            swap            sw              0 0                           
/dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom      auto            noauto,ro       0 0  

At this point, I'm going to move the drive to a different port on the SATA 
chain; shouldn't change anything, but I'm running out of ideas.  I'll also 
check the BIOS for anything stupid-obvious.

So, I guess I'm still stuck!

> Hope this helps,
> Florian Philipp

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Take care and have fun,
Mike Diehl.