On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 14:11, maxim wexler <bliss...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> The kernel takes a little time to detect and settle the bus >> to detect >> the devices. At least adding "rootwait" and >> "rootdelay=10" to the >> kernel line solved my problems. > > Tried rootwait by itself and with rootdelay=10 and rootdelay=10 by itself > > Well, the triple E still don't boot: either it sticks at > ... > Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle input: AT Translated Set 2 > keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input4 > Waiting for root device /dev/sda2... > > or it wait 10s and then panics: > ... > VFS: Cannot opent root device "sda2" or unknown-block(0,0) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option: here are the available > partitions: #doesn't say what they are > Kernel panic = not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) > > I removed all USB devices and the SD card with same result. > > mw > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet Explorer® > 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at > http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ > >
Well, it seems your kernel lacks support for the disks. Are you sure you compiled in all the necessary USB, SATA disk support? Are you using an initrd? -- Daniel da Veiga
