I didn't want any typos in this kernel output so took a small screen shot. I'm working on a new vm (vbox) install of gentoo but having trouble getting a kernel that boots.
Architecture=amd64 (not strict) I started out by copying a .config from a running gentoo vm and using it to do `make oldconfig' then fumbled my way thru the questions, followed by a `make menuconfig' to look things over. That kernel panicked and it seems to say it could not mount an ATA disk. Ok, went back to make oldconfig with that copied .config and and just yessed my way thru the questions. I mean accepting the default on them all. Again I get a kernel panic but this time its different. It seems to mount the disks ok but then fails to find a working `init' command. Checking that with sysrescueCD I see /sbin/init does exist on that new vm. and is executable. The disk setup is sda1=/boot sda2=swap sda3=/home sda4=/ root and kernel lines from grub.conf: root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda4 vga=0x31b video=vesfb:mtrr:3,ywrap (see fstab below:)
/etc/fstab: # <fs> <mountpoint> <type> <opts> <dump/pass> # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts. # # NOTE: Even though we list ext4 as the type here, it will work with ext2/ext3 # filesystems. This just tells the kernel to use the ext4 driver. # # NOTE: You can use full paths to devices like /dev/sda3, but it is often # more reliable to use filesystem labels or UUIDs. See your filesystem # documentation for details on setting a label. To obtain the UUID, use # the blkid(8) command. ## /dev/sda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2 UUID=1e323735-c111-48de-bd04-d255a07cc2b5 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2 ## /dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0 UUID=5af8156e-3ea7-467e-9bbd-e015dfb25493 none swap sw 0 0 ## /dev/sda3 /home ext4 noatime 0 1 UUID=e2a40d27-fdcf-4413-99d5-e01a73ea68f1 /home ext4 defaults 0 1 ## /dev/sda4 / ext4 noatime 0 1 UUID=505f850e-b26a-4d0f-a02f-6ba573a48ad8 / ext4 defaults 0 1 ################################################################################################## ## From blkid: ## /dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs" ## /dev/sda1: UUID="1e323735-c111-48de-bd04-d255a07cc2b5" TYPE="ext2" PARTUUID="29b3e776-01" ## /dev/sda2: UUID="5af8156e-3ea7-467e-9bbd-e015dfb25493" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="29b3e776-02" ## /dev/sda3: UUID="e2a40d27-fdcf-4413-99d5-e01a73ea68f1" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="29b3e776-03" ## /dev/sda4: UUID="505f850e-b26a-4d0f-a02f-6ba573a48ad8" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="29b3e776-04" ## /dev/sdb1: UUID="87d69626-8798-4d1d-8ac9-64e6f8b47f42" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="ead06e45-01" ## /dev/sr0: UUID="2017-01-26-18-16-11-00" LABEL="sysrcd-4.9.2" TYPE="iso9660"