Re: [gentoo-user] kernel panic on manually built kernel

[Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>]

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On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 05:47:42 -0400, dhk wrote:

> > It's saying unknown block, not unknown fs. I suspect you haven't
> > compiled in the drivers for your hard disk controller.
> > 
> >   
> 
> All my hard disks are sata except the main one with the os on it that is
> ide.  Is a fairly new disk, may be a year old, but should the following
> driver be compiled in?
> [ ]   Very old hard disk (MFM/RLL/IDE) driver

It's unlikely, more likely is that you don't have support for your
controller chipset built in. Boot fro the genkernel kernel and run lspci
-k to see which module it uses for the controller, then compile that into
your kernel.

> Second, I broke a couple of
> motherboard sata connectors.  Apparently the wire connection to the
> connector is tighter than the connector's connection to the motherboard,
> they pulled right off the board.

That's happened to me a few times too. Fortunately, they push back on
almost as easily as they pull off.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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