Bug 39540

Summary:	Mounting /dev/hda5 on /newroot failed: Invalid argument
Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects	Reporter:	Gregory Rasputin <uasecurity>
Component:	genkernel	Assignee:	x86-kernel (DEPRECATED) <x86-kernel>
Status:	RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
Severity:	critical
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=128567
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Gregory Rasputin 2004-01-26 23:50:41 UTC

I use genkernel 3_beta_6 with gentoo-sources-2.4.22-r5
Explain to me please as of it will save?
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Gentoo initrd startup...
STEP 1: Command line parsing
STEP 2: Module loading
STEP 3: Mounting necessary filesystems per boot options
Started divice managment daemon v1.3.25 for /dev
STEP 4: Determining root device
STEP 4a: Mounting root
mount : Mounting /dev/hda5 on /newroot failed: Invalid argument
Could not mount specifited ROOT, try again
Root block device uncpecifited or not detected.
Please specify a device to boot, or "shell" for a shell.
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The same problem has comprehended(overtaken) me and with a gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.1-r1.
module-init-tools - are just installed, all the same produces the same error....

Comment 1 Brad House 2004-01-28 19:07:21 UTC

sounds like /dev/hda5 doesn't exist, or the filesystem your
root is on was not compiled into the kernel, so check your
kernel config.  You may also wish to try genkernel 3.0.1_beta8
which has more sane default kernel configs for x86.