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 1KKkSu-0006Kw-1n for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:45:28 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C86F7E04F6; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:45:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.176]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1F60E04F6 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:45:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id w53so650514pyg.25 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:45:25 -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=DyPMn31jvuFGbP460Q/5olFNc2960aQeCT1tLovrhQ8=; b=DK4Bgdd+Z4S9T+HXBcHUAejpPMqC0KvCruZywjM/ATRfBVDCPr1FxoQ0jDjM9ohiB5 EoQazBJidBdf05arpmAxbm9sVwnhDj8BCuZMg5SPNGKX8++w+ekJyNBabNhmwsMrP+8t Y/ZY5j7t+5e4tTfV1zuKGCl52k4bfFNZh8Tfk= 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=het5EgNYsJpi0ltRAYNijEcgbns0GJyVqYBQ28Vtpel4C/0P7ridCVlpSOC5ShJ6s9 IFoVDQp337yUvM/S2FxF2r81xK8oZATn6s2ayAD+cf5usi85yvgz2I255W8WazN3PrR+ tT+Gb3R+VELTG3YXnqItJrz+ytH+hKCnLveIY= Received: by 10.65.126.16 with SMTP id d16mr4186789qbn.40.1216604725354; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:45:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.0.102? ( [68.186.246.252]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k30sm6386105qba.4.2008.07.20.18.45.23 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:45:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4883EA23.5000908@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:45:07 -0400 From: Eric Martin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) 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: 507ab6f9-dfc6-4cd4-9f46-523ea92223a8 X-Archives-Hash: 93e06edd488c806b3e6ae6e29aa0f4bf 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. Yeah, thanks for mentioning getting the new tarballs. I always download the newest ones so I just assume everybody else does.