"John J. Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 12:56:39PM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: >> I've been monkeying around with a vmware appliance of gentoo.2008.0 >> from July. Downloaded from bagvapp.com. >> >> It fired right up inside vmware running on winXP with no problems. >> >> But now updating I'm finding I cannot get a newer kernel compiled that >> will boot. The original kernel is 2.6.24-r8 and boot just fine. >> >> I attempted to compile a somewhat leaner meaner version. It appears >> the original was a `genkernel' creation. >> >> I paid close attention to SCSI settings in the original and any other >> settings having to do with disks. >> >> However my attempts consistently break out with the message: >> /dev/sda3 is an invalid device >>
> Try appending "noapic" (without the quotes, of course) to your kernel > line in grub.conf. Doesn't make any difference here. > I was having the same issues. So you are running gentoo inside a vmware on winXP? Can you send your /usr/src/*2.6.27-r4/.config? That is my real email address in the from field. Maybe I can find whats different .. if anything between mine and yours.
