-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ah, sounds similar to the discussion on http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/topic-23080.html
short version: make sure the drivers for the hdd device and filesystem are compiled into the kernel and doubld check your grub.conf kernel= line. - --myk Gentoo Linux Mailing List Client wrote: > yeah I did that as well. > grub is not the problem as far as I can tell. > I get the boot menu just fine. > my system stops when it tries to (re)mount the root partition. > It seems to think I didn't specify it. > I thought that's what fstab was for ??? > > Gentoo Linux Mailing List Client wrote: > >>I had to move my linux partition from /dev/hda3 to /dev/hda1 >>I have altered /etc/fstab to reflect the move, along with /boot/grub/menu.lst >>yet everytime I boot I still get the following error. > >> The root block device is unspecified or not detected. >> Please specify a device or "shell" for a shell. >> BOOT () :: > >>at this point if I enter "/dev/hda1" the system continues to boot fine. >>what am I forgetting to fix? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCoBhSBOPsJyAQkeARAn9bAJ4kizZmArNUONC0+FjoSoR+0PLJiACfe3v8 lU22SEfXXLzhyx3de5U0Y7c= =OkNf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
