Alan McKinnon wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Brand new install, and the kernel can't access the SATA disks. I don't
> have the bandwidth to d/l an entire install CD and I have an up to date
> distfiles locally so I used the latest install CD I have - 2005.1
> 
> Hardware: Dell Latitude D810 with 80G sata. 
> / on /dev/sda7 (reiser)
> /boot on /dev/sda1 (ext2)
> ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86, latest udev installed.
> /home, /usr, /opt, /var and distfiles on an lvm (all reiser)
> Install disk boots fine with full access to the disk. 
> 
> On boot the initramfs detects the hardware, but complains it can't find
> my / on /dev/sda7. Drop to a shell and the nodes are right there
> in /dev. The reiser module is not loaded, but it was configured as a
> module by genkernel.
> 
> Where could I have made a mistake? At this point I don't really need a
> solution, more a pointer to the FM so I can R it :-)
> 
> alan
> 
Hi,
Quite null SATA experience but have you put "dolvm2" in Grub's kernel
boot line (for LVM2 boot support).
Second thought/question - have you compiled support for your mobo in the
kernel, plus SATA support?
Your specific SATA chipset might not have been included in default
genkernel config, so you have to customize it.
HTH.Rumen