From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1R35o2-00013A-3g for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:40:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7AFA021C077; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:40:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm29-vm0.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com (nm29-vm0.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com [66.94.236.255]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BDEC221C05F for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:38:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [66.94.237.126] by nm29.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Sep 2011 12:38:36 -0000 Received: from [66.94.237.108] by tm1.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Sep 2011 12:38:36 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1013.access.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Sep 2011 12:38:36 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 331419.70872.bm@omp1013.access.mail.mud.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 17820 invoked from network); 12 Sep 2011 12:38:36 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1315831116; bh=e1a+1fTutGAikhN/Zk2R7OKGkjnkO3ADlVJfYccrMBk=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:X-Accept-Language:X-Location:X-Editor:User-Agent; b=SiY6FqF1tZNUOeIjyCU7HtNuIsRcvjOtAFekBxLvy35r3RBWIMWsR5s5TJQFY2a73df+hR4zn0sofEPHZP+1xv3GHnHAjDuRyemv7DqbZ4SZqlsc/FH0+GS603U60DSDBEETLm3kCySrB7lY1gUG9/EOw0mLLaAgMPufr0SeDi4= X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: dPuydDAVM1nrbqftN4YVbWVTGhaI6PIHizTGIQajoy7dujq uANrfydhshuIcg2hhqxvyHrlZR5t9nkx5oTC4jwrGKY2_VBZudtlnGAFTsWA CbW3JbrgQAa_Tuvx90hCblkUzmqmxG41taHUl_2ZHwSJZSmO50nsW9wwRYUv gPNKKOp9cLvYMdskX23V4lUEGRROZNAMN0QFmOHrPROMsCfw0Iw2syyLMVdq FuVkKI7SL7ZdhuqzPAfOmqIhfyoOyuO5QPyemGt3hYaTeNjsdPneK1gyAqh. GuYeH6jME_u3x9IfbZCaT1VE_JFDBhuMbJxbwipPd9oFKz5QV2dWTICbU6Xu ZyRIDWsfRaai9MCkUwdKXtTJs4MYGDV3pw1shR8Rt3PTuLMZnsmQf1pEn X-Yahoo-SMTP: nxzSBJ.swBCeKcwaLWu8IUIIlnHZADXvvXNo91gCqw-- Received: from gaspode (moshe.kamensky@70.227.175.202 with login) by smtp105.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 Sep 2011 05:38:35 -0700 PDT Received: by gaspode (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 38F383781F2; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:38:12 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:38:12 -0400 From: Moshe Kamensky To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on MacBook Message-ID: <20110912123812.GA20707@gaspode.gateway.2wire.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20110909030924.GA14438@gaspode.gateway.2wire.net> <3270.1315538049@ccs.covici.com> <20110909032652.GA14836@gaspode.gateway.2wire.net> <20110909035005.GA14967@gaspode.gateway.2wire.net> 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-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Accept-Language: en X-Location: Granger, Indiana, USA X-Editor: Vim 7.3 http://vim.sf.net/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 041d6bf3196f4d82b350dc2465832fa3 * Stroller [09/09/11 12:27]: > > On 9 September 2011, at 04:50, Moshe Kamensky wrote: > > ... > > I was happy to soon... It now boots, but after asking me about keyboard > > layout, it tries to find the cdrom and fails, with messages like: > > > > Looking for CDROM > > > > Attempting to mount media /dev/sda1 > > Attempting to mount media /dev/sda2 > > Attempting to mount media /dev/sda3 > > Attempting to mount media /dev/sda4 > > Media not found > > Determining root device... > > Could not find the root block device in . > > Please specify another value or: press Enter for the same, type "shell > > for a shell, or "q" to skip > > > > (The /dev/sda* are partitions on my HD). > > What CD are you trying to boot? I would try different LiveCDs until you find one that works. > > The Gentoo wiki suggests that an older version of the Gentoo Minimal CD might work (2008.0 or earlier), otherwise try SystemRescueCD, Knoppix, Ubuntu and others. > Thanks for the help. I was using the latest LiveCD version (Sep 8, I believe). I also tried a recent grml, no luck. I could probably make it work, but I have no time right now. I am now running Gentoo within VirtualBox, which works fine and is actually better, because some people are using the osx. Anyway, thank for the help. Moshe