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My Workstation:
SunBlade 100
500-MHz UltraSPARC[tm]-IIe, 64-bit
Hdd: IDE Seagate Baracuda ATA IV (ST320011A)
USB Keyboard and Mouse

Complete Hardware Specifications here:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub...e100/spec.html
My Complete Hard Disk Specicfication:
http://www.igorputina.com/temp/100129212b.pdf

My Problem:
I'm trying to install Gentoo.. did everything according to the
Installation Documentation, but my system won't boot. Each time I try
to boot I get the following error at boot time:

VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-
block(0,0)

My Config Files:
/boot/silo.conf -- http://www.igorputina.com/temp/silo.conf
/etc/fstab -- http://www.igorputina.com/temp/fstab

My Kernel Config File:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.178-gentoo-r6/.config
http://www.igorputina.com/temp/kernel.config

My Partition Table:
Disk /dev/hda (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 63 sectors, 16383 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes

Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 0 1984 999936 83 Linux native
/dev/hda2 1984 2976 499968 83 Linux native
/dev/hda3 0 16383 8257032 5 Whole disk
/dev/hda4 2976 6944 1999872 83 Linux native
/dev/hda5 6944 12757 2929752 83 Linux native
/dev/hda6 12757 16383 1827504 83 Linux native

Can anyone help me understand what might be the problem?
Have a nice day!

Igor Putina

mc.preist@gmail.com wrote:
> My Workstation:
> SunBlade 100
> 500-MHz UltraSPARC[tm]-IIe, 64-bit

I would suggest you chat with the guys at irc.eu.freenode.net #Gentoo-Sparc


> My Problem:
> I'm trying to install Gentoo..

Last time I installed Gentoo on a Sparc (Ultra 10), they had only 2.4 kernel
on the install CD, you can't use the same .config to a 2.6 kernel ("make
oldconfig" won't work, you must start from fresh).


> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-
> block(0,0)

If I remember this right, it looks like either missed filesystem or ide-device
support, keep in mind to build those in (don't use modules). I know you have
the ext2 support built in, did you use mkfs.ext2 to formate the slice?


--

//Aho

On Feb 20, 6:20 pm, "J.O. Aho" <u...@example.net> wrote:

> If I remember this right, it looks like either missed filesystem or ide-device
> support, keep in mind to build those in (don't use modules). I know you have
> the ext2 support built in, did you use mkfs.ext2 to formate the slice?

I used make2fs /dev/hda1 (for ext2).

Anyway, I went to the guys at irc.eu.freenode.net #Gentoo-Sparc, and
someone told me the problem is with my kernel, it doesn't have support
for my IDE hard disk. I am currently recompiling my kernel. The
strange thing is that "menuconfig" in the "Hardware" section "ATA/
ATAPI..." had specified "IDE Support". But I checked some other parts
related to IDE, I just hope my kernel doesn't grow bigger than 3.5Mb

Let's see what happens.

--

Gosha,

Gosha wrote:

> Anyway, I went to the guys at irc.eu.freenode.net #Gentoo-Sparc, and
> someone told me the problem is with my kernel, it doesn't have support
> for my IDE hard disk. I am currently recompiling my kernel. The
> strange thing is that "menuconfig" in the "Hardware" section "ATA/
> ATAPI..." had specified "IDE Support". But I checked some other parts
> related to IDE,

Good that they did see it, didn't take time myself to check that config that
closely, but I think you can get quite basic IDE support with enabling the
"generic/default IDE chipset support" option, but of course you get more out
of the hard drives if select the one you really have.
I do suggest you enable DMA, you will notice the difference.


> I just hope my kernel doesn't grow bigger than 3.5Mb

I don't think it will get that large and I think the Sparc kernel would work
to a quite big size (I think I remember it wrong, but 8MB should work). The
IDE driver isn't that huge, maybe adds 20k at most.

--

//Aho

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Gosha wrote:

> On Feb 20, 6:20 pm, "J.O. Aho" <u...@example.net> wrote:
>
>> If I remember this right, it looks like either missed filesystem or ide-device
>> support, keep in mind to build those in (don't use modules). I know you have
>> the ext2 support built in, did you use mkfs.ext2 to formate the slice?
>
> I used make2fs /dev/hda1 (for ext2).
>
> Anyway, I went to the guys at irc.eu.freenode.net #Gentoo-Sparc, and
> someone told me the problem is with my kernel, it doesn't have support
> for my IDE hard disk. I am currently recompiling my kernel. The
> strange thing is that "menuconfig" in the "Hardware" section "ATA/
> ATAPI..." had specified "IDE Support". But I checked some other parts
> related to IDE, I just hope my kernel doesn't grow bigger than 3.5Mb

Did you check what partition type are supported in your configuration? The
default configuration does not support Sun partition tables.

If you did not, you will need to find the option for "Partition types",
then enable "Advanced Partition Selection", then select the "Sun
Partition table support". Note that there are 2 options here: "Solaris
(x86) partition table support" and "Sun partition tables support". I think
you need the latter of these.

Whoever wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Gosha wrote:
>
>> On Feb 20, 6:20 pm, "J.O. Aho" <u...@example.net> wrote:
>>
>>> If I remember this right, it looks like either missed filesystem or
>>> ide-device
>>> support, keep in mind to build those in (don't use modules). I know
>>> you have
>>> the ext2 support built in, did you use mkfs.ext2 to formate the slice?
>>
>> I used make2fs /dev/hda1 (for ext2).
>>
>> Anyway, I went to the guys at irc.eu.freenode.net #Gentoo-Sparc, and
>> someone told me the problem is with my kernel, it doesn't have support
>> for my IDE hard disk. I am currently recompiling my kernel. The
>> strange thing is that "menuconfig" in the "Hardware" section "ATA/
>> ATAPI..." had specified "IDE Support". But I checked some other parts
>> related to IDE, I just hope my kernel doesn't grow bigger than 3.5Mb
>
> Did you check what partition type are supported in your configuration?
> The default configuration does not support Sun partition tables.

It's a default value if you build a Sparc kernel, defaults changes depending
on the architecture for which the build is for.


--

//Aho

I've had this problem and it's usually in the kernel config. Make sure your
filesystem (ext2 or ext3 or sun or...) is supported, as well as the IDE chipset
in the motherboard (ICH3 or VIA) or use generic IDE chipset support.
Also make sure the grub or lilo boot config file is set to boot to the correct
partition.

Good luck
David

mc.preist@gmail.com wrote:
> My Workstation:
> SunBlade 100
> 500-MHz UltraSPARC[tm]-IIe, 64-bit
> Hdd: IDE Seagate Baracuda ATA IV (ST320011A)
> USB Keyboard and Mouse
>
> Complete Hardware Specifications here:
> http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub...e100/spec.html
> My Complete Hard Disk Specicfication:
> http://www.igorputina.com/temp/100129212b.pdf
>
> My Problem:
> I'm trying to install Gentoo.. did everything according to the
> Installation Documentation, but my system won't boot. Each time I try
> to boot I get the following error at boot time:
>
> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-
> block(0,0)
>
> My Config Files:
> /boot/silo.conf -- http://www.igorputina.com/temp/silo.conf
> /etc/fstab -- http://www.igorputina.com/temp/fstab
>
> My Kernel Config File:
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.178-gentoo-r6/.config
> http://www.igorputina.com/temp/kernel.config
>
> My Partition Table:
> Disk /dev/hda (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 63 sectors, 16383 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 0 1984 999936 83 Linux native
> /dev/hda2 1984 2976 499968 83 Linux native
> /dev/hda3 0 16383 8257032 5 Whole disk
> /dev/hda4 2976 6944 1999872 83 Linux native
> /dev/hda5 6944 12757 2929752 83 Linux native
> /dev/hda6 12757 16383 1827504 83 Linux native
>
> Can anyone help me understand what might be the problem?
> Have a nice day!
>
> Igor Putina
>

On Feb 21, 11:30 am, ~David~ <shadowe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've had this problem and it's usually in the kernel config. Make sure your
> filesystem (ext2 or ext3 or sun or...) is supported, as well as the IDE chipset
> in the motherboard (ICH3 or VIA) or use generic IDE chipset support.
> Also make sure the grub or lilo boot config file is set to boot to the correct
> partition.
>
> Good luck
> David
>

I found the livecd's kernel config under /proc/config.gz but this
would be only a temporary option. Before I do that, I'm figuring I
should give my kernel another try, so I'm enabling CMD646 in the IDE
section to make it to work, and I'm rebuilding my kernel right now and
in few minutes I'll know if I was righ.

This Blade machine is one little buggy piece of hardware..

Igor Putina

Gosha wrote:

> I found the livecd's kernel config under /proc/config.gz but this
> would be only a temporary option. Before I do that, I'm figuring I
> should give my kernel another try, so I'm enabling CMD646 in the IDE
> section to make it to work, and I'm rebuilding my kernel right now and
> in few minutes I'll know if I was righ.
>
> This Blade machine is one little buggy piece of hardware..

The hardware ain't that buggy, just the Linux support that ain't up to date.
Maybe there will be a change when the whole OpenSolaris source has been released.

--

//Aho

On Feb 25, 2:26 am, "J.O. Aho" <u...@example.net> wrote:
> Gosha wrote:
> > I found the livecd's kernel config under /proc/config.gz but this
> > would be only a temporary option. Before I do that, I'm figuring I
> > should give my kernel another try, so I'm enabling CMD646 in the IDE
> > section to make it to work, and I'm rebuilding my kernel right now and
> > in few minutes I'll know if I was righ.
>
> > This Blade machine is one little buggy piece of hardware..
>
> The hardware ain't that buggy, just the Linux support that ain't up to date.
> Maybe there will be a change when the whole OpenSolaris source has been released.
>
> --
>
> //Aho

Didn't work.. still no IDE Support..
I'm compiling the livecd kernel to see if it will do better.

OpenSolaris sounds desperate..
Solaris.. a perfect system with nobody using it or programming for it.