Re: [gentoo-user] EFI install ( continum) [ system hangs at boot ]

[German <gentgerman@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:12:24 +0000
Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 06:53:32 -0500, German wrote:
> 
> > Ok gentooers. I did manage to install gentoo on EFI, it boots, however
> > hangs at "Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> > unknown-block ( 0,0)"
> > 
> > Does anyone have an idea what is going on?
> 
> The kernel cannot find the block device containing your root filesystem.
> Either you have given the wrong root= option to the kernel

Are you talking about this?

"UEFI does not pass kernel parameters to the kernel during normal boot, so you need to hardcode them via CONFIG_CMDLINE. Example for the root partition on /dev/sda2:
KERNEL Enable built-in kernel parameters

Processor type and features  --->
    [*] Built-in kernel command line
    (root=/dev/sda2)"


 or you have
> not compiled in the driver your your hard disk driver.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Neil Bothwick
> 
> I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.


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German <gentgerman@gmail.com>