| Summary: | Foxconn Winfast Geforce 6150 SATA drives not detected | ||
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| Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Bill Sica <billsica> |
| Component: | [OLD] Core system | Assignee: | Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers> |
| Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | ||
| Severity: | major | ||
| Priority: | High | ||
| Version: | 2006.1 | ||
| Hardware: | x86 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
I should have said gentoo-sources instead of genkernel. that genkernel off the cd works, gentoo-sources does not. Don't use make oldconfig and don't recycle old .configs between kernel versions. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 161380 *** |
I am able to install Gentoo 2006.1 (x86) with the kernel included on the x86 install CD, and it functions fine. I was able to repeat this process even. I have been choosing the i686 stage 3 tarball. When I try to upgrade the kernel using the current genkernel 2.6.19-r5 (current genkernel) I am unable to access my SATA drives. error message: >> Determining root device !! Block device /dev/sda3 is not a valid root device !! The root block device is unspecified or not detected Please specify a device to boot, or "shell" for a shell in /dev I only see a /dev/hda (no IDE hard drives in system) there is no /dev/sda I have tried to build the kernel with all SATA and SCSI drivers (and just with nv_sata). Also I have tried to compile the gekernel, and vanilla kernel during the live CD install process. I also tried to do a stage3 install without the LiveCD interface. All of these attempts result in the above error message upon reboot. I have tried using both grub and lilo as my boot loader, same result. Grub config is the same for the liveCD kernel and new genkernel. Have even tried with no boot splash to no avail. I have had this system working under Fedora 4, 64bit version, and with the 2006.1 live CD. This rules out hardware failure. Has something changed in the current kernel? Hardware: 3200 64 AMD Foxconn winfast 6150 mobo (nvidia + Nforce) 2 SATA hard drives. I have repartitioned them with the "recomended" layout, multiple times. 2nd HD is either JFS, or I have left it unpartitioned. (I've been though the install about 10 or so times now) All Gentoo install attempts have been for x86.