On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 5:56 AM, Paul W. Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 4:25 AM, stosss <[email protected]> wrote: >> So I checked everything and even compiled the kernel again (3 more >> times) to make sure and got the same kernel panic telling me the same >> thing. >> >> I also ran the grub configuration 4 times: >> >> at the grub prompt root (hd0,0) >> >> setup (hd0) >> >> My HDD is hda1 >> and in Grub I had: >> >> title LFS 6.5 >> root (hd0,0) >> kernel /boot/lfskernel-2.6.30.2 root=/dev/hda1 >> >> The kernel panic error was telling me to correct the root= part of the >> grub menu.lst. >> >> It was telling me to use sda1 instead of hda1 (why I don't know). So I >> tried that to see what would happen. >> >> sawpon: /dev/hda5: stat failed: No such file or directory >> I have no idea what to do now. If I change grub back to hda1 like I >> had it then I get the kernel panic, if I leave grub set as >> root=/dev/sda1 then I get the swap and ext3 problem. So where and what >> is the problem? Where did I make my mistake? > > This is the same problem I ran into. The cause is the kernel module > for harddisks. It appears that the module does not name devices > starting with "hd" anymore. All devices are named as "sd" now. I > believe this has to due with only using the scsi driver and not libata > or something of the like. Anyway the solution is to now assume your > devices are all "sd" and not "hd". Leave the menu.lst as you have > configured it, with root=/dev/sda1, and edit your two entries in > /etc/fstab, renaming all instances of "/dev/hd#" to "/dev/sd#", minus > the quotes.
All Right! I did what you suggested and now I have a command prompt! -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
