Re: could not find filesystem /dev/root

[Marc Perkel <marc@perkel.com>]

Chris Lalancette wrote:
> Marc Perkel wrote:
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>> Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
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>>> On Monday, 6 November 2006 22:18, Marc Perkel wrote:
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>>>> Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
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>>>>> On Monday, 6 November 2006 02:54, Marc Perkel wrote:
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>>>>>> Trying to compile a new kernel and getting this on boot
>>>>>>
>>>>>> could not find filesystem /dev/root
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>>>>>>             
>>>>> Which kernel?
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>>>> 2.6.19rc4
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>>> What is the last working version?
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>> Last one I tried that worked other than the stock kernel is 2.6.18 but
>> I've upgraded from FC5 to FC6 since then.
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> I ran into the same problem when using an FC-6 .config file compiling 2.6.19-rc4.  In my case, the problem was that the configuration options for Serial ATA have changed since 2.6.18 (which the FC-6 config is based on).  I had to manually go in to the config (with make menuconfig) and turn on the SATA device that I have.  What kind of SATA controller do you have, and what does your .config look like?
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> Chris Lalancette
>   

I'm looking at it now. that is very likely it. I'm using nv_sata