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 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IDAxk-0002iu-UE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:21:29 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6O3KDSD010212; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:20:13 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6O3FtiO005336 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:15:55 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DC5D652AC for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:15:54 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.041 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.041 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-1.042, BAYES_50=0.001] 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 QaaP1NfoBQVl for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:15:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 504676548E for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:15:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1IDAre-0004r3-41 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:15:10 +0200 Received: from www.buffer.net ([24.73.161.102]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:15:10 +0200 Received: from wireless by www.buffer.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:15:10 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: boot error Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:14:59 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <248946.54766.qm@web31701.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20070723234450.664f9ae2@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> 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=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 24.73.161.102 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070601 SeaMonkey/1.1.2) Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 42e7ed28-0c89-4ad0-854a-ecad9d9eb688 X-Archives-Hash: 8b9d3845cd38ec552c5001f63a5d4bcb Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > And how does that comment help the OP? Without a link to the list > archives, all it tells him is that he is not the first to experience this. Well if the solution is so trivial, I wonder why the devs don't put the fix into the installation liveCD? The error can be due to a variety of problems. I have installed more than a dozen gentoo systems over the last few years. Although not a whiz at Gentoo, I do know the my way around. Figuring out which install media to use, which kernel sources (stage 1-3) and such both from a liveCD install is not difficult. Getting the LiveCD installation media to work, is always a challenge, particularly with dual boot systems. > Results 1 - 11 of 11 from archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user for "not a > valid root device". I went to this site. I have not seen this site before. I do not see an interface for searching historical postings. Some enlightenment on searching out the postings would be appreciated. That said. I went back to a minimal cd installation. During the fdisk portion I noticed that none of the partitions have been marked as bootable (*). I used fdisk to mark the /boot partition as bootable. I'm not sure this is required, but the handbook for amd64 says to toggle the boot flag, so I did. Several postings have suggested that the correct device driver for the sata controller is not in the (stage 3) kernel (this make sense). Why should an HP pavilion 9000z be support. I not sure that HP sells more than a few million of these laptops per year...... Anywhy, even the handbook tells me to use a stage3 install tarball. HOwever, a stage 3 does not give one the opportunity to build a custom kernel. So my understanding is I'm going to have to use a stage 1 tarball, which is not supported any more? It has been said that I should use a stage one install tarball and build a custom kernel. I'm just uncertain which installation media to use and the guide for building a custom kernel (using lspci and lshw to discern the actual sata controller), thus enabling the correct sata driver. Any light on building a custom kernel, during the installation process, is most welcome. Minimal, liveCD or ??? It has been almost a year since I've installed a dual boot laptop and ever time it's an adventure.....After this HP, I have a Dell lpatop and a Sony Viao to set up. James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list