From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KKbwE-0007kx-SR for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:39:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8C44BE0462; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:39:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.158]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3437AE0462 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:39:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id d23so808062fga.14 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:39:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=bY5qqyTTOmXuGeSVd9YZUUQR4l1bjXms15imBzm66ag=; b=dkvk1NkmzkIBVuEHgLGjjAj6SqlzA78i4gamNInSTsIX9HqJ4fD5OseaHmEIu0Jf95 ClW72Q3c/R1MI++LltzyybirwjEurPh84GuzpEtfmDnCnNzaGX+sqUd8BusduVMvlM3g UQeafVdy/OPXHCQR36HQ22rWgDVihHCwAMYi4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=LPFY41JWeGf3SfSgqHAIeNmjlPPWkegZZ4wenxNKD7b3y+7hY948ouwy/j4eUCjPTn xh5pvuXLUOwfpek3SQjLgKMhEmgOCAWZ/UZP44bpDBD/lqPs+njpB3GMWzB3cZe5ZF0c 0FLocF+sByB2YjYHS7vzf2nRewJcD6nCZe3tE= Received: by 10.86.98.14 with SMTP id v14mr3567498fgb.74.1216571947533; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:39:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.20? ( [62.47.26.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 4sm5960129fge.5.2008.07.20.09.39.06 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:39:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48836A1C.90907@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:38:52 +0200 From: Jarry User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 20008 install problem: "Could not find the root block device in ." References: <488350D2.7030103@gmail.com> <48835FC7.9030501@gmail.com> <4883657D.8030109@bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: <4883657D.8030109@bellsouth.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: c88764bf-6e3a-4099-9e94-b9518241bbad X-Archives-Hash: 9df9a223683cf5fb45fc95a34b2a8e1b Dale wrote: > Eric Martin wrote: >> Jarry wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I just downloaded install-amd64-minimal-2008.0.iso, burned >>> it, and tried to boot&install. But during boot-up, a message >>> comes: >>> ____________________________________ >>> >> Determining root device... >>> !! Could not find the root block device in . >>> Please specify another value or: press Enter for the same, >>> type "shell" for a shell, or "q" to skip... >>> root block device() :: _ >>> ____________________________________ >>> >>> What am I supposed to do??? >>> >>> It is a common pc, with Asus mobo (nForce4 chipset), >>> 2x sata-disk, 1x sata-dvd, nvidia graphics. Everything >>> correctly detected in bios and during boot-up. >>> >>> On the same computer, I could install gentoo-2007 last year, >>> but unfortunatelly disk has died, so I had to replace it and >>> install again... >>> >>> Jarry >>> >> If the 2007 cd worked then use that one. It doesn't matter what cd >> you start from, only that you get started. For that matter (as people >> always say) you can boot off of knoppix or the lfs (linux from >> scratch) disk. The only thing the cd does for you is provide a >> working linux environment that you can chroot from to install gentoo. >> > > Of course, make sure you get the tarballs off the internet if you use a > CD that old. If you use the tarballs off the CD, you will have a lot of > upgrades to do and it could be . . . messy. > Other than that, it doesn't matter what CD you use as Eric said. I > wonder of it could be done from the Mandrake install CD? It is bootable > and gives a command line. LOL I'll try it, but I have to download 2007 image again (I already wiped it out of my hard disk). Anyway, I would really like to know, what does that messsage mean... I switched to shell and checked /proc/partitions: it correctly shows all partitions on sda and sdb. So my hard-drives are detected. Where is the problem then??? Jarry -- _______________________________________________________________ This mailbox accepts e-mails only from selected mailing-lists! Everything else is considered to be spam and therefore deleted.