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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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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