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From: frares@gmail.com
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/sda* missing at boot
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:17:53 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20cf3040ea1c3470b704aacc78ba@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA czFiDeW6L8aYBWkch4Fu TrkXVtdJc3y11U1UY2hMsq1HZdA@mail.gmail.com>

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Em 18/08/2011 16:13, Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com> escreveu:
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 2:59 PM, frares@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, guys
> >
> > It is a shame, I know, but after several years using Gentoo, it is the  
> first time I try to build a kernel without "genkernel".
> >
> > And now I can't boot to that new kernel, it does not find (and really  
> do not have a) /dev/sda* root partition ("real-root"); during the boot it  
> stops, complaining about that, gives me the option to get a shell, from  
> which I am able to see that there is no /dev/sda* .
> >
> > I have included everything SATA, so it looks like that is not a kernel  
> problem, but a initramfs issue, I guess.

> If you've got a SATA controller, no frills, then all you *really* need
> is AHCI. Build that into your kernel if you're worried about having
> the right modules in initramfs. You can break it out into a module
> later if you like. Opinions differ as to how much stuff should be
> broken into modules vs being built-in to the kernel. I tend to build
> in everything absolutely needed for boot, myself. Some people build in
> just about everything, and some people build in almost nothing.
> There's no "right" way for every use case.

> Also, check your BIOS to see if it's running your SATA controller in
> some kind of IDE emulation mode. If it is, disable that. (Some
> motherboards let you choose between "IDE" and "RAID", where "RAID" is
> AHCI mode. Others call IDE mode 'legacy', and still others might
> actually call the AHCI mode 'AHCI')

> Motherboards running SATA controllers in IDE emulation mode is an
> incredibly common thing:

> 17:18 beh
> 17:18 hda1 turned into sda1
> 17:19 IRule: Turn SCSI-generic support, or did you
> switch from legacy to AHCI in your BIOS?
> 17:20 shortcircuit: quiet, you

> --

> :wq


Thanks, gonna try it.

Francisco

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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <CA czFiDeW6L8aYBWkch4Fu TrkXVtdJc3y11U1UY2hMsq1HZdA@mail.gmail.com>
2011-08-18 19:17 ` frares [this message]
2011-08-18 19:26   ` Re: Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/sda* missing at boot frares
2011-08-18 19:42     ` Michael Mol
2011-08-18 23:29       ` Peter Humphrey
2011-08-19 13:48 Alan McKinnon
2011-08-19 15:06 ` frares
     [not found] <CAK2H ed44eVYovNf_DT-N280dha6hYyONEUWogRrgsNDXAD1Vg@mail.gmail.com>
2011-08-19 13:08 ` frares
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2011-08-19 10:09 Mick
2011-08-19 13:12 ` frares
2011-08-19 13:41   ` Gregory Woodbury
     [not found] <CALzub=p5PVSg=TO=n4iqXMcWZqP8K fJAEyNH43CQsf4Ncrshg@mail.gmail.com>
2011-08-18 19:15 ` frares

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