From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FvOn3-0000dX-KU for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:24:26 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k5S1MvGg022811; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:22:57 GMT Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.176]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5S1Hv7r024724 for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:17:58 GMT Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id b36so1540369pyb for ; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:17:57 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=WLq/feCTdf0wkSfqaqlGPQ9O41PHohcpEUag/ERbzbDIPRiND1StHrRll1k3rnGctP05LfDH12aMzSt1eYF5hkESqCvfzFjAmB0nLXn5uenXD0xKuMnhaEtrj5513vAaElfV+q7yxjEMPFA42DV6YwNoO/Rz9Xkvn5Fjm2bBeIk= Received: by 10.35.83.6 with SMTP id k6mr245278pyl; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:17:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.131.17 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:17:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:17:57 -0400 From: "Mike Huber" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] kernel compilation problem [panic: not syncing VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknows-block(0,0) In-Reply-To: <5cd9791d0606260710ue17ef06ue7bdb62610c6e1e6@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <679044fe0606260604l6ff14d01p9c6dea32a2f02773@mail.gmail.com> <5cd9791d0606260710ue17ef06ue7bdb62610c6e1e6@mail.gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 1e4840d1-7f92-4551-8dc8-6605b6bda8fd X-Archives-Hash: 16487657080b3de7d9335e53e2c3e426 Also, be sure to have support for pc bios partition tables (in some kernel releases, it's not a default selection, and I believe the error is the same because the kernel can't tell which device is sda3, or whatever partition you're using. On 6/26/06, fei huang wrote: > > > > On 6/26/06, Ezequiel Carmona wrote: > > > > Hi. > > sorry for my english. > > > > edit /boot/grub/grub.conf > > > > in line kernel /bzImage-2.6.15-r5 root=/dev/sda > > add -ro > > > > kernel /bzImage-2.6.15-r5 root=/dev/sda -ro > > > you should specify a partition with the root parameter, e.g. /dev/sda1 > this partition is where your '/' locates. > > cheers > > daniel > > > > > > > 2006/6/25, Catalin Trifu : > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > I have just got a new machine with nForce4 chipset and 250GB SATA > drive. > > > I am trying to compile the kernel on the machine (gentoo-sources) and it > works > > > just fine but at boot time I get the panic in the subject and I don't > get it > > > why. I have compiled sata_nv directly in the kernel. I'm not using any > raid > > > or such things. > > > I also installed the kernel + initrd from the 2006.0 live cd and > that kernel > > > boots just fine. > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Catalin > > > > > > -- > > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Ezequiel Carmona T. > > Gentoo AMD64 nForce4 > > GNU/Linux user #395098 > > http://counter.li.org/ > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list