Re: [gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive

2005-11-30 Thread maxim wexler
--- Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/30/05, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > Also, don't forget SCSI disk support, > > > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y > > > > Well, I did forget it but it still doesn't work. > Same > > panic, same place. > > > > Please post the output

Re: [gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive

2005-11-30 Thread Richard Fish
On 11/30/05, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Also, don't forget SCSI disk support, > > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y > > Well, I did forget it but it still doesn't work. Same > panic, same place. > Please post the output of: grep "=[ym]" /usr/src/linux/.config -Richard -- gentoo-user@gen

Re: [gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive

2005-11-30 Thread maxim wexler
> > Also, don't forget SCSI disk support, > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y Well, I did forget it but it still doesn't work. Same panic, same place. > > -Richard > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > __ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over

Re: [gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive

2005-11-29 Thread Richard Fish
On 11/29/05, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > CONFIG_SCSI_SATA=y > > Yes, I got that one. > > > CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_YOURCONTROLLER=y > > NV_SATA worked(although SIL_SATA didn't, despite > having a Sil3114 controller) before, but is not among > the options(nor, for that matter, SIL_SATA) in

Re: [gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive

2005-11-29 Thread maxim wexler
> > This means the kernel cannot mount your root > partition (/dev/sda6 IS the > correct setting for root). Either your root > partitions's filesystem is > not compiled into your kernel or you have not added > support for your SATA > controller. These must be compiled into the kernel, I realize

Re: [gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive

2005-11-29 Thread maxim wexler
> > So grub loads abd boots the Linux kernel, but the > kernel can't mount the > root FS on /dev/sda6. So /dev/sda6 doesn't exist for > some reason, which > could be one of: > 1) There is no /dev/sda6 partition Huh? I just installed gentoo there. > 2) You haven't compiled in support for your

Re: [gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive

2005-11-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 07:45:53 +0100, Heinz Sporn wrote: > > grub> root (hd0,1) > > Fs is ext2, part type 0x83 > > grub> kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 > > [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x120, size 0x1463b31] > > Shouldn't that read root=/dev/sda2 since your kernel obviously sits > in /boot ==

Re: [gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive

2005-11-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:34:45 -0800 (PST), maxim wexler wrote: > In dmesg the drive comes up as /dev/sda >sda1(Macro$haft) sda2(/boot) < sda5(swap) sda6(/) > sda7(home)> > > When I boot w/ the grub floppy I do: > > grub> root (hd0,1) > Fs is ext2, part type 0x83 > grub> kernel /vmlinuz

Re: [gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive

2005-11-29 Thread Chris Boot
maxim wexler wrote: Thanks for your suggestions. Here's where things stand: I did a fresh 2005.1 stage3 install onto the SATA drive without a hitch. I removed the ide drive, so there's only one hd. In dmesg the drive comes up as /dev/sda sda1(Macro$haft) sda2(/boot) < sda5(swap) sda6(/) sda7

Re: [gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive

2005-11-29 Thread Glenn Enright
On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:45, Heinz Sporn wrote: > > When I boot w/ the grub floppy I do: > > > > grub> root (hd0,1) > > Fs is ext2, part type 0x83 > > grub> kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 > > [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x120, size 0x1463b31] > > ...VFS: Cannot open root device "sda6" or unkn

Re: [gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive

2005-11-28 Thread Heinz Sporn
Am Montag, den 28.11.2005, 22:34 -0800 schrieb maxim wexler: > > --- Petr Kocmid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > On Thursday 24 of November 2005 17:31, maxim wexler > > wrote: > > > > > But what do I call it? hd0 and hd1 are taken. > > > > It may well depend on your chipset configuration, >

Re: [gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive

2005-11-28 Thread maxim wexler
--- Petr Kocmid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 24 of November 2005 17:31, maxim wexler > wrote: > > > But what do I call it? hd0 and hd1 are taken. > > It may well depend on your chipset configuration, > number of actually connected > drives and bios boot settings. On my board, ther

Re: [gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive

2005-11-24 Thread Petr Kocmid
On Thursday 24 of November 2005 17:31, maxim wexler wrote: > But what do I call it? hd0 and hd1 are taken. It may well depend on your chipset configuration, number of actually connected drives and bios boot settings. On my board, there are 2 PATA and 1 SATA channels on the same controller. In l

Re: [gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive

2005-11-24 Thread Glenn Enright
On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 05:31, maxim wexler wrote: > I note grub doesn't like root(sd0,1), returns "Error > 23: Error while parsing number". > > But what do I call it? hd0 and hd1 are taken. > > -mw Just to make sure, remember that grub has to be installed in the boot sector of your drive and it nee

Re: [gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive

2005-11-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:31:37 -0800 (PST), maxim wexler wrote: > But what do I call it? hd0 and hd1 are taken. hd2, it's the third hard drive. -- Neil Bothwick Me? FAT? No, just horizontally disproportionate... signature.asc Description: PGP signature

[gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive

2005-11-24 Thread maxim wexler
Hello everybody, I've setup grub on /dev/sda2 of a new SATA HD, listed in dmesg as /dev/sda. The other HDs are /dev/hda, which does present boot duty and /dev/hdb, containing / etc. Before moving files from /dev/hdb, which apparently has an un-fixable boot sector, to /dev/sda, I'd like to be able