On 07/28/2010 07:04 AM, Mick wrote: > On 28 July 2010 14:53, Bill Longman <bill.long...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 07/28/2010 06:42 AM, Mick wrote: >>> On 28 July 2010 09:50, KH <gentoo-u...@konstantinhansen.de> wrote: >>> >>>> I installed grub by connecting the hdd to my workstation. This did not >>>> change anything. >>>> Also I changed /etc/fstab . Now I have 0 0 for every partition. The pc >>>> boots fine now. I can use it but ... There is no /dev/hd* . Running >>>> mount /boot I get the answer /dev/hda1 does not exist. Also there is no >>>> /dev/sd* >>>> >>>> Any ideas? >>> >>> KH, if you have changed the kernel to use libATA (i.e. the newer >>> SATA/PATA options) then you need to update your fstab from /dev/hdaX >>> to /dev/sdaX and change your grub.conf accordingly. >> >> But he doesn't even have those devices, so this will not do him any good >> until we know how the kernel is configured (or not) and get the devices >> back. > > I am not sure that he does not have those devices ... I don't know if > the error message is returned from grub or from the OS. > > It could be that the kernel stanza is wrongly pointing to /dev/hda, > and, or fstab is not correct.
He says the "pc boots fine now" and he "can use it" and he goes on to say that he has "no /dev/hd*" or "/dev/sd*" devices, so I have to believe he's got a running system. Not having any /dev/hd* files would support the error trying to mount /boot. Trying to fix /etc/fstab first is not the way to attack his problem given the information we have now.
