Am 28.07.2010 15:53, schrieb Bill Longman: > 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. > > Konstantin, I'm assuming, from your original post, that you have not > changed your kernel in any way over the last few months. You said that > it was running fine for eight months but now after rebooting, you're in > trouble. Are you *sure* you haven't made any changes to the kernel? I'm > also assuming that you know that the kernel drivers for your disk > controllers should not be built as modules but built into the kernel so > that you don't need to go through creating an initramfs and hoping for > your devices to get populated. >
Hi, I tried booting 2.6.28 / 2.6.29 / 2.6.30 . The 30 series has not been running on the box befor. Anyway the result is the same no matter which kernel I am booting. I use make oldconfig for uping the kernel. kh
