[gentoo-user] grub problem

2007-10-04 Thread Rafael Barrera Oro
Hello people, i am having a little trouble with grub. I've just installed a gentoo x86 (with intention of making it our first Gentoo powered server :D) and after the install i get the error: root (hd0,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.22

Re: [gentoo-user] grub problem

2007-10-04 Thread Don Jerman
On 10/4/07, Rafael Barrera Oro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.22-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/hdb3 try: kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-gengenkernel-x86-2.6.22-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/hdb3 why: /boot is where you mount (hd0,0) while gentoo is running, but while grub is runnin

Re: [gentoo-user] grub problem

2007-10-04 Thread Dale
Rafael Barrera Oro wrote: > Hello people, i am having a little trouble with grub. I've just > installed a gentoo x86 (with intention of making it our first Gentoo > powered server :D) and after the install i get the error: > > root (hd0,0) > > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] grub problem

2007-10-04 Thread Tapio Raevaara
On Thursday 04 October 2007, Rafael Barrera Oro wrote: > Hello people, i am having a little trouble with grub. I've just installed a > gentoo x86 (with intention of making it our first Gentoo powered server :D) > and after the install i get the error: > > root (hd0,0) > Filesystem type is ext2fs, p

Re: [gentoo-user] grub problem

2007-10-04 Thread Tapio Raevaara
On Thursday 04 October 2007, Don Jerman wrote: > On 10/4/07, Rafael Barrera Oro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.22-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/hdb3 > > try: > kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-gengenkernel-x86-2.6.22-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/hdb3 > > why: > /boot is where you mou

Re: [gentoo-user] grub problem

2007-10-04 Thread Rafael Barrera Oro
Replacing /boot/ for (hd0,0) worked perfectly, ¡thanks a million! take care Rafael 2007/10/4, Tapio Raevaara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Thursday 04 October 2007, Rafael Barrera Oro wrote: > > Hello people, i am having a little trouble with grub. I've just > installed a > > gentoo x86 (with inte

Re: [gentoo-user] grub problem

2007-10-04 Thread Mick
On Thursday 04 October 2007, Rafael Barrera Oro wrote: > Hello people, i am having a little trouble with grub. I've just installed a > gentoo x86 (with intention of making it our first Gentoo powered server :D) > and after the install i get the error: > > root (hd0,0) > Filesystem type is ext2fs, p

Re: [gentoo-user] grub problem

2007-10-04 Thread Tapio Raevaara
On Friday 05 October 2007, Neil Walker wrote: > If /boot is on a seperate partition, the /boot/boot symlink never gets > created - or at least not in the correct place - unless you are aware of > the problem and take steps to correct it. That is one reason why I do > not advocate creating a seperat

Re: [gentoo-user] grub problem

2007-10-04 Thread Neil Walker
Tapio Raevaara wrote: try: kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-gengenkernel-x86-2.6.22-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/hdb3 why: /boot is where you mount (hd0,0) while gentoo is running, but while grub is running you're starting from the boot partition's filesystem root. Easy mistake, I do it all the time when I try to d

Re: [gentoo-user] grub problem

2007-10-04 Thread Neil Walker
Tapio Raevaara wrote: Weird, as far as I remember, I've always had the correct symlink and boot on a separate partition... No matter, thanks a lot for the explanation, that pretty much clears it up! Just to explain a little further, the stage file creates /boot and /boot/boot. Thats fine i

[gentoo-user] Grub problem. Gentoo doesn't boot. VFS Cannot start...

2006-11-14 Thread Isern Palaus Montasell
Hello all, This is the first time I install Gentoo Linux. This is my grub.conf file: default 0 timeout 10 splashimage=(hd0,2)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.18-r2 root (hd0,2) kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.18-gentoo-r2 root=/dev/hda4 title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.18 (Rescate) root (hd0,2)

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problem. Gentoo doesn't boot. VFS Cannotstart...

2006-11-14 Thread millerhe1
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problem. Gentoo doesn't boot. VFS Cannot start... Hi, i don't think that grub is your problem but the kernel config. Ensure that your (S)ATA-Controller is supported by your kernel Mark Breddemann Isern Palaus Montasell wrote: > Hello all, > > Th

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problem. Gentoo doesn't boot. VFS Cannot start...

2006-11-14 Thread Mark Breddemann
Hi, i don't think that grub is your problem but the kernel config. Ensure that your (S)ATA-Controller is supported by your kernel Mark Breddemann Isern Palaus Montasell wrote: > Hello all, > > This is the first time I install Gentoo Linux. This is my grub.conf file: > >> default 0 >> timeout 10 >

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problem. Gentoo doesn't boot. VFS Cannot start...

2006-11-14 Thread Jon M
Hi Isern, I actually have the exact same problem, and someone was kind enough to help me so I'll pass on the same info. Basically my problem was that I hadn't enabled the proper IDE Chipset (or SCSI if you use S-ATA) in the kernel. When I booted off my Gentoo install cd, I can 'lspci -v' whi

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problem. Gentoo doesn't boot. VFS Cannot start...

2006-11-14 Thread Greg Morin
I second this one. Exact same problem initially. Someone here helped - ensure the necessary drivers are compiled into the kernel (not modules). It took me several trials to get the right driver. Once I got the right one, life got better. GpmOn 11/14/06, Jon M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Isern,I a