From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1213138ACE for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:49:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 01CCEE097C; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:49:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-la0-f48.google.com (mail-la0-f48.google.com [209.85.215.48]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B88A4E095C for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:49:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lams18 with SMTP id s18so17271765lam.13 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 04:49:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+DXvVxEliwtQHC6RdYpCd5/w85w8RBPQTrC6+O0N+ss=; b=0ZC/vg0NAOqbDfyNdtRFjy/7704nEpQHS4+xdMZ5v0s4YHpnAVEK4eVa7kx9Tdpt3A KOFAxOrpVDJ3E+zTgxSAYVCfw1Gcva+k0tARNzyiJ291J//yA1RZ2CGnTB+C5pnhFlUf HChsrLhrmzPMTtD2QhXPz8ZcxWbGeGtKj4fd97P7Dtp5r3OPeefacAGaRmaDUld1esu/ MzQAohFkTHdm3U9CYAOIP9iTxii6IArGeNNb5TnMYrISAuVKdT/VekVghQufyW+fF/Yl HBiTwDXwuhh3BukI095ho4dcHSwkDq7tmBSAqKk/okYMRSje4mBodyVCnbdqfJ+WFkoN lZMg== X-Received: by 10.112.126.98 with SMTP id mx2mr12165058lbb.52.1425041364054; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 04:49:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from digger ([178.70.87.18]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id h7sm814647lbj.29.2015.02.27.04.49.22 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 27 Feb 2015 04:49:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 07:49:20 -0500 From: German To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] EFI install ( continum) [ system hangs at boot ] Message-Id: <20150227074920.e72768b12943ab9b8c1a8d44@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20150227121224.6ed863c6@digimed.co.uk> References: <20150227065332.dba99abfca4497c933f57beb@gmail.com> <20150227121224.6ed863c6@digimed.co.uk> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.4.2 (GTK+ 2.24.25; 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=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: fc09c10e-8500-47d7-b3b9-b094f45b8ff7 X-Archives-Hash: df992a4043c4b22ebb77f82e103dad17 On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:12:24 +0000 Neil Bothwick 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. -- German