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On Wednesday 22 September 2004 09:48, brettholcomb@charter.net wrote:
> Is that really hd.0? Shouldn't that be hd,0?

it should be root (hd0,0) that why I went into edit mode to correct it.
Wayne
>
> > From: Spencer <infotechsys@pivot.net>
> > Date: 2004/09/22 Wed AM 11:53:57 GMT
> > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> > Subject: [gentoo-user] Trying to install gentoo for the first time.
> >
> > Hi,
> > I'm using the "Gentoo Linux/x86 Handbook" to try to install
> > the Gentoo distribution.First I'm using GRUB for
> > my boot process and I'm trying to boot Gentoo Linux 2.4.26-r6.
> > The first error I get is
> > root (hd0.0)
> > Error: Unrecongnized device string
> > Press any key yo continue
> > So, I press enter and then "e" for edit.
> > I select the line to edit - root (hd0.0)
> > I backspace to change th period to a comma then I press
> > the tab key to get the list. thing look good, so, I press enter,
> > with the selection bar on the first line which is root (hd0,0).
> > the boot process continues until I come to >> Mounting root.
> > mount: Mounting /dev/hda3 on /newroot failed: Invalid argument
> >
> > >>Could not mount specified ROOT, try again
> > >> The root block device is unspecified or not detected.
> >
> > At this point I enter the shell and look at my /etc/fstab.
> > This ilooks nothing liked I enter will following the
> > instruction in the handbook. My fstab only has two
> > entries. One is /dev/ram0 an the other is proc.
> > Can someone help me out here.?
> > TIA.
> > Wayne
> >
> > P.S. I did do a genkernel and I'm using a stage3 for installion.
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Is that really hd.0? Shouldn't that be hd,0?
>
> From: Spencer <infotechsys@pivot.net>
> Date: 2004/09/22 Wed AM 11:53:57 GMT
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: [gentoo-user] Trying to install gentoo for the first time.
>
> Hi,
> I'm using the "Gentoo Linux/x86 Handbook" to try to install
> the Gentoo distribution.First I'm using GRUB for
> my boot process and I'm trying to boot Gentoo Linux 2.4.26-r6.
> The first error I get is
> root (hd0.0)
> Error: Unrecongnized device string
> Press any key yo continue
> So, I press enter and then "e" for edit.
> I select the line to edit - root (hd0.0)
> I backspace to change th period to a comma then I press
> the tab key to get the list. thing look good, so, I press enter,
> with the selection bar on the first line which is root (hd0,0).
> the boot process continues until I come to >> Mounting root.
> mount: Mounting /dev/hda3 on /newroot failed: Invalid argument
> >>Could not mount specified ROOT, try again
> >> The root block device is unspecified or not detected.
>
> At this point I enter the shell and look at my /etc/fstab.
> This ilooks nothing liked I enter will following the
> instruction in the handbook. My fstab only has two
> entries. One is /dev/ram0 an the other is proc.
> Can someone help me out here.?
> TIA.
> Wayne
>
> P.S. I did do a genkernel and I'm using a stage3 for installion.
>
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First boot to the cd again. Mount your partitions and proc as it
explains in the handbook and chroot to your gentoo install as in the
handbook. Type nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf and look for the line
where you have hd0.0 and change it to hd0,0, that way you don't have
to go into edit mode every time. When you have changed the line, hit
CTRL+X to exit out of nano. It will ask you if you want to save the
modified file. Hit 'Y' and then enter. Next, type nano -w
/etc/fstab. You should then be able to edit your fstab as needed (as
decribed in the handbook) to mount you drives properly. Remember,
when you boot to the cd, the cd has its own fstab and grub.conf. Make
sure that when you edit those files, you are editing the new ones on
your hard drive and not the ones on the ramdisk of the cd. If you
still have trouble, try posting your partition information ( type
fdisk /dev/hda where hda is you hard drive and then hit p) and some
can help to make sure your fstab is correct.
Hope this helps.

Preston


On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 05:14:14 -0700, Spencer <infotechsys@pivot.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 September 2004 09:48, brettholcomb@charter.net wrote:
> > Is that really hd.0? Shouldn't that be hd,0?
>
> it should be root (hd0,0) that why I went into edit mode to correct it.
> Wayne
>
>
> >
> > > From: Spencer <infotechsys@pivot.net>
> > > Date: 2004/09/22 Wed AM 11:53:57 GMT
> > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> > > Subject: [gentoo-user] Trying to install gentoo for the first time.
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > I'm using the "Gentoo Linux/x86 Handbook" to try to install
> > > the Gentoo distribution.First I'm using GRUB for
> > > my boot process and I'm trying to boot Gentoo Linux 2.4.26-r6.
> > > The first error I get is
> > > root (hd0.0)
> > > Error: Unrecongnized device string
> > > Press any key yo continue
> > > So, I press enter and then "e" for edit.
> > > I select the line to edit - root (hd0.0)
> > > I backspace to change th period to a comma then I press
> > > the tab key to get the list. thing look good, so, I press enter,
> > > with the selection bar on the first line which is root (hd0,0).
> > > the boot process continues until I come to >> Mounting root.
> > > mount: Mounting /dev/hda3 on /newroot failed: Invalid argument
> > >
> > > >>Could not mount specified ROOT, try again
> > > >> The root block device is unspecified or not detected.
> > >
> > > At this point I enter the shell and look at my /etc/fstab.
> > > This ilooks nothing liked I enter will following the
> > > instruction in the handbook. My fstab only has two
> > > entries. One is /dev/ram0 an the other is proc.
> > > Can someone help me out here.?
> > > TIA.
> > > Wayne
> > >
> > > P.S. I did do a genkernel and I'm using a stage3 for installion.
> > >
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Sorry, missed that!

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004, Spencer wrote:

> On Wednesday 22 September 2004 09:48, brettholcomb@charter.net wrote:
>> Is that really hd.0? Shouldn't that be hd,0?
>
> it should be root (hd0,0) that why I went into edit mode to correct it.
> Wayne
>>
>>> From: Spencer <infotechsys@pivot.net>
>>> Date: 2004/09/22 Wed AM 11:53:57 GMT
>>> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
>>> Subject: [gentoo-user] Trying to install gentoo for the first time.
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I'm using the "Gentoo Linux/x86 Handbook" to try to install
>>> the Gentoo distribution.First I'm using GRUB for
>>> my boot process and I'm trying to boot Gentoo Linux 2.4.26-r6.
>>> The first error I get is
>>> root (hd0.0)
>>> Error: Unrecongnized device string
>>> Press any key yo continue
>>> So, I press enter and then "e" for edit.
>>> I select the line to edit - root (hd0.0)
>>> I backspace to change th period to a comma then I press
>>> the tab key to get the list. thing look good, so, I press enter,
>>> with the selection bar on the first line which is root (hd0,0).
>>> the boot process continues until I come to >> Mounting root.
>>> mount: Mounting /dev/hda3 on /newroot failed: Invalid argument
>>>
>>>>> Could not mount specified ROOT, try again
>>>>> The root block device is unspecified or not detected.
>>>
>>> At this point I enter the shell and look at my /etc/fstab.
>>> This ilooks nothing liked I enter will following the
>>> instruction in the handbook. My fstab only has two
>>> entries. One is /dev/ram0 an the other is proc.
>>> Can someone help me out here.?
>>> TIA.
>>> Wayne
>>>
>>> P.S. I did do a genkernel and I'm using a stage3 for installion.
>>>
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