try root(hd0,2) badenIT GmbH System Support Workstation Chris Meidinger Tullastrasse 70 79108 Freiburg
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Chris Bare [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 5. Juni 2003 17:40 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: [gentoo-user] cannot open root device > > I've installed gentoo successfully several times before, but this time > I'm getting the following when I try to boot the first time: > > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda3" or 03:03 > > I have the following in my grub.conf: > > title=Gentoo > root (hd0,0) > kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda3 > > /dev/hda3 is fine becuase I can mount it when I boot from the CD. > I've rebuilt the kernel 3 times, double checking that I have the IDE > driver and reiserfs support built in, not as a module. > > What else could I be missing? > -- > Chris Bare > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list