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elbeem

Member

Registered: 2008-10-01

Posts: 2

Re: [Solved] kernel 2.6.27 - Root device not found (2.6.28 too)

I works now! This is what I did: First I installed Arch Linux on a USB-stick. Then I edited the Grub entry so it loaded the kernel and vmlinuz26 from the stick. When it booted up, i edited /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and edited the line
HOOKS="base"
to
HOOKS="base udev autodetect sata scsi filesystem"

Then I ran this command:
#sudo mkinitcpio -p kernel26

Reboot. Everything works now with the newest kernel.

yvonney

Member

Registered: 2008-06-11

Posts: 671

Re: [Solved] kernel 2.6.27 - Root device not found (2.6.28 too)

FIXED....

Funny as this one one of my VERY firsy ARCH lessons back when I was really into getting an esternal USB drive to boot ARCH.... hahahaha   READ: I knew'd this all along..... doh!!!!!!!!!

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=63033  see a little over half way down I think in that post.

the bios and grub simply conflict.

Stting the drive as the HD in the laptop bios MAKES it grub (hd0.0) !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heck, I learn SO SO SO much and am SOSoSoSoSo greate ful for all the help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

um, now ... to do yesterday, today!