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From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem install Gentoo on New Laptop
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:23:01 +1200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <463544F5.5030909@paradise.net.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46353600.5040105@gmail.com>

Colleen Beamer wrote:

> Following all the steps in the Handbook, I got no error messages.  When
> I get to the part where I install the bootloader, it installs okay.  I
> have 4 partitions sda1 is boot, sda2 is swap sda3 is / and sda4 is home.
>  My /boot/grub/device.map file shows as: (hd0) /dev/sda.  When I boot to
> the hard drive, the boot process gets to the point where it says:
> Determining root device ...
> 
> Then it says:
> /dev/sda3 is not a valid root device
> 

Maybe post your grub.conf so we can see if there is a gotcha there 
somewhere, but I'd guess that your kernel has not got support for your 
SATA chipset. What does 'lscpi' or 'scanpci' say from the livecd?

Cheers

Mark
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  reply	other threads:[~2007-04-30  1:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-04-30  0:19 [gentoo-user] Problem install Gentoo on New Laptop Colleen Beamer
2007-04-30  1:23 ` Mark Kirkwood [this message]
2007-04-30  5:46 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2007-04-30  8:15   ` Graham Murray
2007-04-30  8:46     ` Dirk Heinrichs
2007-05-01  2:58       ` [gentoo-user] Problem install Gentoo on New Laptop - Solved Colleen Beamer
2007-04-30  6:16 ` [gentoo-user] Problem install Gentoo on New Laptop Elias Probst

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