[ale] SATA experience

Philip Polstra ppolstra at gmail.com
Mon Feb 6 12:30:07 EST 2006


The device is /dev/sda.  The boot partition is /dev/sda1, swap is /dev/sda2,
and root is /dev/sda3.  /dev/hda is my DVD drive.  It seems to not want to
mount the root partition.

On 2/6/06, Robert L. Harris <Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> What device are you trying to mount?  I believe the root device isn't
> /dev/hda1 for example with sata.
>
>
> Thus spake Philip Polstra (ppolstra at gmail.com):
>
> >    Anyone else using a SATA drive on their Linux system?  I'm having the
> >    hardest time trying to get this to work with Gentoo.  The live CD
> boots
> >    fine, and I am to build and install the new system.  I keeps giving
> me
> >    errors when I try to reboot into the new system.  I have a Sis 964
> chipset
> >    in my Shuttle system.  I have tried to follow the directions on the
> Gentoo
> >    Wiki, but I must be missing something because it won't mount my root
> >    partition if it is SATA.  This works fine with other older Distros
> (Debian
> >    3.1, FC4, etc.), but I think I'd be better off with Gentoo in the
> long
> >    run.
>
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> :wq!
>
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