I posted a message yesterday about a boot problem, this is just an
update to that.
When I try to boot Gentoo I get the following message:
"VFS: cannot open device "sda4" or unknown-block(8,4)
please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic -not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
unknown-block(8,4)
<0> rebooting in 180 seconds.."
Is this a problem with yaboot.conf or because it is a kernel panic do I
have to recompile?
On the advice of a Gentoo user of 2 years, my yaboot.conf now looks like
this:
boot=/dev/sda2
device=hd:
partition=4
root=/dev/sda4
timeout=30
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
image=/boot/kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r2
label=Linux
read-only
sysimage=/boot/System.map-2.6.11
macosx=/dev/sda5
enablecdboot
enableofboot
However, this is largely unchanged from what I posted inline yesterday.
Any help would be appreciated. I have already recompiled my kernel, but
I didn't know what changes to make. It compiles okay I think. The only
change I made was to add Kaui and something else. Really I get lost in
the kernel options as they're not very verbose. I don't intend to
tinker with it in future. This is probably where my problem is. I
followed the Gentoo handbook in setting it up, and a Dutch webpage
<http://www.os3.nl/%7Evisser2d/g5install.html>. I had to disable ADB
support due to compile problems.
Thanks in advance,
Jon Lee
update to that.
When I try to boot Gentoo I get the following message:
"VFS: cannot open device "sda4" or unknown-block(8,4)
please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic -not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
unknown-block(8,4)
<0> rebooting in 180 seconds.."
Is this a problem with yaboot.conf or because it is a kernel panic do I
have to recompile?
On the advice of a Gentoo user of 2 years, my yaboot.conf now looks like
this:
boot=/dev/sda2
device=hd:
partition=4
root=/dev/sda4
timeout=30
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
image=/boot/kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r2
label=Linux
read-only
sysimage=/boot/System.map-2.6.11
macosx=/dev/sda5
enablecdboot
enableofboot
However, this is largely unchanged from what I posted inline yesterday.
Any help would be appreciated. I have already recompiled my kernel, but
I didn't know what changes to make. It compiles okay I think. The only
change I made was to add Kaui and something else. Really I get lost in
the kernel options as they're not very verbose. I don't intend to
tinker with it in future. This is probably where my problem is. I
followed the Gentoo handbook in setting it up, and a Dutch webpage
<http://www.os3.nl/%7Evisser2d/g5install.html>. I had to disable ADB
support due to compile problems.
Thanks in advance,
Jon Lee