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 1Qu7ox-00032A-VE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:00:04 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C85EA21C0ED; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:59:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f199.google.com (mail-gx0-f199.google.com [209.85.161.199]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47B3A21C151 for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:59:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk5 with SMTP id 5so3091035gxk.10 for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:59:02 -0700 (PDT) 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 Received: by 10.236.187.1 with SMTP id x1mr278362yhm.8.1313693942681; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:59:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20cf305e2551cc15c604aacc34f7@google.com> Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:59:02 +0000 Subject: [gentoo-user] /dev/sda* missing at boot From: frares@gmail.com To: gentoo-user Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf305e2551cc15bb04aacc34f4 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: a78a5f4d4fa779e6af564abd55d076e9 --20cf305e2551cc15bb04aacc34f4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes 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. What am I missing? Thanks a lot Francisco PS: my boot partition is sda2, sda3 is a swap partition, and everything else is in sda4. sda1 is not used (up to now) and this is my grub.conf : title Gentoo Linux 2.6.39-gentoo-r3 root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.39-gentoo-r3 ro root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc real_root=/dev/sda4 vga=0x318 video=uvesafb:1024x768-32 nodevfs udev devfs=nomount quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.39-gentoo-r3 --20cf305e2551cc15bb04aacc34f4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, guys

It is a shame, I know, but after several years using Ge= ntoo, it is the first time I try to build a kernel without "genkernel&= quot;.

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&q= uot;); during the boot it stops, complaining about that, gives me the optio= n to get a shell, from which I am able to see that there is no /dev/sda* .<= br />
I have included everything SATA, so it looks like that is not a = kernel problem, but a initramfs issue, I guess.

What am I missin= g?

Thanks a lot
Francisco

P.S.: my boot partitio= n is sda2, sda3 is a swap partition, and everything else is in sda4. sda1 i= s not used (up to now) and this is my grub.conf :

title Gentoo L= inux 2.6.39-gentoo-r3
root (hd0,1) = kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.39-gentoo-r3 ro root=3D/dev/ram= 0 init=3D/linuxrc real_root=3D/dev/sda4 vga=3D0x318 video=3Duvesafb:1024x76= 8-32 nodevfs udev devfs=3Dnomount quiet CONSOLE=3D/dev/tty1 =
initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_= 64-2.6.39-gentoo-r3 --20cf305e2551cc15bb04aacc34f4--