Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 20008 install problem: "Could not find the root block device in ."

2008-07-22 Thread Richard Marzan
On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 21:57 +0200, Jarry wrote: > Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> It looks to me like loader can not find my *cdrom*! > >> But that is strange, because kernel just booted from CD, > >> so it *must* see it! > > > > Unfortunately, it's the BIOS that does this. The kernel cannot boot b

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 20008 install problem: "Could not find the root block device in ."

2008-07-21 Thread Jarry
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: It looks to me like loader can not find my *cdrom*! But that is strange, because kernel just booted from CD, so it *must* see it! Unfortunately, it's the BIOS that does this. The kernel cannot boot by itself by some magical means. The BIOS must boot it. Your hard d

[gentoo-user] Re: 20008 install problem: "Could not find the root block device in ."

2008-07-21 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Jarry wrote: [...] It looks to me like loader can not find my *cdrom*! It should be /dev/sdc or /dev/sdd, because /dev/sda and /dev/sdb are my hard-drives. When I enter shell and look into /dev, there is actually no /dev/sdc, and no /dev/sdd. Only /dev/sda1(-sda12) and /dev/sdb1(-sdb12). But tha