Subj : Re: kernel panic booting problem !
To   : comp.os.linux
From : wilson.huang
Date : Mon Aug 09 2004 12:45 pm

no, i have only 1 HD IDE.. i donīt know why linux maps my hd to hdg..
maybe cause i have more than 4 ide controllers.. and raid too(although
iīm not using)
I guess this shouldnīt be the problem.. 


Larry I Smith <larryXiXsmith@verizon.net> wrote in message news:<7ZARc.6444$114.1038@nwrddc02.gnilink.net>...
> wilson.huang@gmail.com wrote:
> > hello all, 
> > 
> >     iīm installing gentoo dist. and iīm having the following problem
> > when i boot:
> > 
> > VFS: cannot open root device "2208" or unknown block(34,8)
> > Please append a correct "root" boot option
> > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown block(34,8)
> > 
> > info:  /dev/hdg6 is my /boot on ext2
> >        /dev/hdg7 is my swap
> >        /dev/hdg8 is my root on ext3
> > 
> > my root boot option in lilo conf is correct, root=/dev/hdg8, my fstab
> > is also correct.. Iīve showed to half a dozen people.. and they all
> > couldnīt find out what it is.  I did compile the kernel to support
> > ext3 and ext2, and i didnīt do it as a module.
> > 
> > Someone told me i had to make an image on boot.. is that right ? how
> > do i do it ?
> > 
> > 
> > any tips on how to resolve this problem ?
> > 
> > tks in advance,
> > Wilson
> 
> You have 7 IDE hard drives (hda thru hdg)??
> 
> Larry

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