From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S7KQp-0003XW-1w for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:37:59 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5A584E0D2F; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:37:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FD6AE0C09 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:36:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 077411B4033 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:36:53 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -3.154 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.154 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=1.056, BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01] autolearn=ham Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id lTAY1-le1oIs for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:36:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sandstone.cs.wisc.edu (sandstone.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.6.39]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D94611B4019 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:36:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from webmail.cs.wisc.edu (slappy.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.7.37]) by sandstone.cs.wisc.edu (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id q2D5acRn020280 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:36:38 -0500 Received: from 76.200.150.194 (SquirrelMail authenticated user roger) by webmail.cs.wisc.edu with HTTP; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:36:38 -0500 Message-ID: <644f4d2ab46975e3c10fcfb472f2b4d0.squirrel@webmail.cs.wisc.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:36:38 -0500 Subject: [gentoo-user] Can't boot upgraded kerne; From: roger@cs.wisc.edu To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.21 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 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: a5ff2a5b-c604-404c-a982-55d3224b495b X-Archives-Hash: f7e7fb498025b98cb644f548135e3f8c I recently decided to update my AMD64 box from 2.38 to the new 3.2 kernel= . I used genkernel all to compile the upgraded kernel but when I go to boot I get the following error. >>Loading modules >>Determining root device !!Block device /dev/sdb2 is not a valid root device !!Could not find the root block device in . Pleas specify another value or" press enter for the same, type "shell" fo= r a shell, or "q"to skip.. root block device():: However at this point the computer is hung and I am no longer able to input anything. I just switched over to gentoo from bsd a year or so ago and am still a newbie at some of the installation procedures but I believ= e I have followed the manual correctly with the only change being that /boo= t is located on the root partition and not a seperate partition. I'm still able to use my older kernel without a problem and the only difference tha= t I can note between the two is that older kernel seems to load in a bunch of modules and starts mdev, I believe, before trying to locate root. I am also using Lilo since my motherboard doesn't seem to like grub. Any help = I could get would be appreciated. roger Here is a print out of lilo.conf boot=3D/dev/sdb map=3D/boot/map prompt timeout=3D50 default=3DWindows image=3D/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.38-gentoo-r6 label=3D2.6.38 read-only append=3D"real_root=3D/dev/sdb2" vga=3D773 initrd=3D/boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.38-gentoo-r6 image=3D/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-3.2.1-gentoo-r2 label=3D3.2.1 read-only append=3D"real_root=3D/dev/sdb2" initrd=3D/boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-3.2.1-gentoo-r2 other=3D/dev/sda1 label=3DWindows Here is a print out of fdisk Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders, total 156301488 sectors Units =3D sectors of 1 * 512 =3D 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x37cd3650 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 2048 12584959 6291456 82 Linux swap / Sola= ris /dev/sdb2 * 12584960 14682111 1048576 83 Linux /dev/sdb3 14682112 156301487 70809688 5 Extended /dev/sdb5 14684160 18878463 2097152 83 Linux /dev/sdb6 18880512 23074815 2097152 83 Linux /dev/sdb7 23076864 65019903 20971520 83 Linux /dev/sdb8 65021952 156301487 45639768 83 Linux Here is a print out of fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # noatime turns off atimes for increased performance (atimes normally are= n't # needed); notail increases performance of ReiserFS (at the expense of storage # efficiency). It's safe to drop the noatime options if you want and to # switch between notail / tail freely. # # The root filesystem should have a pass number of either 0 or 1. # All other filesystems should have a pass number of 0 or greater than 1. # # See the manpage fstab(5) for more information. # # =20 # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts= . /dev/sdb2 / ext3 noatime = =20 0 1 /dev/sdb1 none swap sw = =20 0 0 /dev/sdb5 /var ext3 defaults= =20 1 2 /dev/sdb6 /tmp ext3 defaults= =20 1 2 /dev/sdb7 /usr ext3 defaults= =20 1 2 /dev/sdb8 /home ext3 default= s 1 2 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro= =20 0 0 /dev/sda2 /mnt/Windows ntfs defaults= =20 1 2 proc /proc proc =20 defaults 0 0 shm /dev/shm tmpfs =20 nodev,nouisd,noexec 0 0 #tmpfs /var/tmp/portage tmpfs =20 size=3D500M,mode=3D0777 0 0