Bug 41395

Summary:	GenKernel initrd image fails to load root in step 4a
Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects	Reporter:	Jakob Sigurdsson <jakob>
Component:	genkernel	Assignee:	x86-kernel (DEPRECATED) <x86-kernel>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	major
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Jakob Sigurdsson 2004-02-12 10:09:59 UTC

When the initrd system is trying to mount my new root in STEP 4a I get this message:

STEP 4A: MOUNTING ROOT
mount: mounting /dev/hda4 on /newroot failed: Invalid argument
Could not mount specified ROOT, try again
Root block device unspecified or not detected
Please specify root device to boot, or "shell" for shell
:


And it doesn't matter if I try to specify the /dev/hda4 filesys again,
I keep getting this message.

Other users run into this problem as well:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=859929


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. genkernel --bootsplash all
2. configure grub as the installation documentation says - and genkernel emerge message
3. reboot

Actual Results:  
See summary details.

Comment 1 Jakob Sigurdsson 2004-02-12 16:45:10 UTC

RESOLVED.

I ran "emerge system" and then I ran genkernel with --menuconfig, changed the ReiserFS from a Module build to Built-in (*) and it worked.

People still having trouble should read /usr/share/doc/genkernel/README