Gentoo boot problem on Dell Inspiron 1501

nuwen52 · 05-21-2009, 11:11 AM

This may be an overly easy question, but I don't know the answer and can't find it on google.

I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 which is currently running the 2.6.18-gentoo-r6 kernel. The hard drive controller is an ATI SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA. Boot menu.lst entry for that is:

Quote:

# For booting GNU/Linux
title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.18-gentoo-r6
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.18-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/sda6 pci=nomsi irqpoll

I am trying to upgrade to a 2.6.28-gentoo-r5 kernel:

Quote:

# For booting GNU/Linux
title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.28-gentoo-r5
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.28-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/sda6 pci=nomsi irqpoll

Using the same config I had from the 2.6.18 kernel, I recompiled the 2.6.28 kernel. However, it hangs on boot with this error:

Quote:

VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy.

Now, the megaraid driver that normally would have found /dev/sda (hard drive) did not find it. This is what it reports (2.6.28):

Quote:

megaraid: 2.20.5.1. (Release Date: Thu Nov 16 15:32:35.EST 2006)
megasas: 00.00.04.01 Thu July 24 11:41:51 PST 2008
Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods

And, it never reports the sda drive. This is what it reports from the 2.6.18 kernel:

Quote:

megaraid cmm: 2.20.2.7 (Release Date: Sun Jul 16 00:01:03 EST 2006)
megaraid: 2.20.4.9 (Release Date: Sun Jul 16 12:27:22 EST 2006)
megasas: 00.00.03.01 Sun May 14 22:49:52 PDT 2006
libata version 2.00 loaded.
ahci 0000:00:12.0: version 2.0
GSI 18 sharing vector 0xC1 and IRQ 18
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:12.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 193
ahci 0000:00:12.0: AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 4 ports 3 Gbps 0xf impl IDE mode
ahci 0000:00:12.0: flags: 64bit ncq ilck pm led clo pmp pio slum part
ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFFFFC20000024100 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq 193
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFFFFC20000024180 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq 193
ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFFFFC20000024200 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq 193
ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFFFFC20000024280 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq 193
scsi0 : ahci
ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata1.00: ATA-7, max UDMA/100, 117210240 sectors: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
ata1.00: ata1: dev 0 multi count 16
ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
scsi1 : ahci
ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
scsi2 : ahci
ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
scsi3 : ahci
ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
Vendor: ATA Model: FUJITSU MHV2060B Rev: 0085
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
SCSI device sda: 117210240 512-byte hdwr sectors (60012 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
SCSI device sda: 117210240 512-byte hdwr sectors (60012 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 < sda5 sda6 >
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0

Any ideas what I need to do to get the 2.6.28 kernel to boot?

colorpurple21859 · 05-21-2009, 12:28 PM

in you kernel configuration make sure under file system, nfs, root= nfs is unchecked. not sure of exact names, but i do know it,s where you config the kernel for you file system menu and under the nfs submenu. had same problem

nuwen52 · 05-21-2009, 02:18 PM

Thanks for the reply, and I did remove boot from NFS (didn't need it anyway).

Unfortunately, that does get rid of it failing to boot from NFS, but it still fails to boot because it doesn't recognize the boot drive /dev/sda. So, now it kernel panics on: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0). The problem looks like it's not recognizing the hard drive for some reason.

colorpurple21859 · 05-21-2009, 04:06 PM

did you try using hda

nuwen52 · 05-21-2009, 04:21 PM

No, because the only thing that reports as hd<anything> from the boot messages is the cdrom drive. The hard drive is not recognized there.

BTW, if anyone has a problem with bootup and get's a kernel panic, you could enable root on NFS. That will cause the system to pause before panicing (waiting to see if you put in a boot floppy). This is useful because if it panics, you can't go back and look at the kernel messages that scrolled off the screen.

NeddySeagoon · 05-21-2009, 06:19 PM

nuwen52,

What do you mean by

Quote:

Using the same config I had from the 2.6.18 kernel

config files change between kernels. You must run

Code:

make oldconfig

in the new kernel after you copy the .config file to its new home.

There have been a lot of changes between 2.6.18 and 2.6.28, so saying no to all the changes will generate a kernel with most of the SATA support turned off.

Failure to use make oldconf will get you a kernel that is as mess, as the .config will not be legal for the new kernel.

nuwen52 · 05-21-2009, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeddySeagoon

You must run

Code:

make oldconfig

in the new kernel after you copy the .config file to its new home.

You know, I think I remembered doing that once before, but I completely forgot to do it this time. Thanks! I'll try that and post back what happens.

nuwen52 · 05-22-2009, 10:37 AM

Well, no change. It is still not recognizing the /dev/sda. And, /dev/hd is still only the cdrom.

Edit: actually, there is one change. The original error messages are different:
Still shows:
Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
No longer show:
Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods

NeddySeagoon · 05-22-2009, 12:45 PM

nuwen52,

Those warnings are for the kernel SCSI layer maintainer and are harmless.

From your original post

Code:

SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 < sda5 sda6 >

the kernel can see your SATA drive and the partitions it contains.
It follows that its failing to read the root filesystem.

That would mean that the filesystem driver for your root partition is not in the kernel.

I assume that root is one of the partitions on /dev/sda ?

nuwen52 · 05-22-2009, 12:54 PM

The section that you mention was taken from a dmesg using the 2.6.18 kernel. The 2.6.28 kernel boot does not have:
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 < sda5 sda6 >

And, the filesystems are ext3, and that is built into the kernel.

I wasn't very clear on that and have modified the original post a little. Sorry about that.

saivin · 05-22-2009, 01:17 PM

Hi,
Is the following grub-line correct?

Code:

# For booting GNU/Linux
title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.18-gentoo-r6
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.18-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/sda6 pci=nomsi irqpoll

is sda3 your '/boot'?

nuwen52 · 05-22-2009, 02:15 PM

Yes, that is correct. sda3 is my /boot partition. I have it dual booting with Windows also (unfortunately, I need both). Partition table:
1 = Dell Utility (don't know why I kept this)
2 = Windows
3 = /boot
4 = Extended
5 = swap
6 = /

Code:

title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.18-gentoo-r6
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.18-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/sda6 pci=nomsi irqpoll

is taken directly from my working kernel boot, which is why I used that as a template for the 2.6.28 entry. (which may not have been the perfect idea) The 2.6.28 boot is actually finding the kernel and starting the boot, but when it gets to mounting the root filesystem, it cannot find it and sda is not recognized.

NeddySeagoon · 05-22-2009, 02:48 PM

nuwen52,

It sounds like your SCSI or low level SATA kernel options are missing or incorrect.
Please post the output of lspci so we can see your hardware.

nuwen52 · 05-22-2009, 05:06 PM

Code:

lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
        Subsystem: Dell Device 01f5
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64

00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
        I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
        Memory behind bridge: c0100000-c01fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000c8000000-00000000cfffffff
        Capabilities: [44] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+
        Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge

00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [58] Express Root Port (Slot-), MSI 00
        Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Count=1/1 Enable-
        Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Device 5950
        Capabilities: [b8] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
                UESta:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil-
                UEMsk:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil-
                UESvrt: DLP+ SDES- TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil-
                CESta:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-
                CESta:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-
                AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, GenCap- CGenEn- ChkCap- ChkEn-
        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver

00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0
        Memory behind bridge: c0200000-c02fffff
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [58] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
        Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Count=1/1 Enable-
        Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Device 5950
        Capabilities: [b8] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
                UESta:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil-
                UEMsk:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil-
                UESvrt: DLP+ SDES- TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil-
                CESta:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-
                CESta:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-
                AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, GenCap- CGenEn- ChkCap- ChkEn-
        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver

00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
        Subsystem: Dell Device 01f5
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 193
        I/O ports at 8438 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 8454 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 8430 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 8450 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 8400 [size=16]
        Memory at c0004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Count=1/4 Enable-
        Capabilities: [70] SATA HBA <?>
        Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Dell Device 01f5
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 185
        Memory at c0005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Dell Device 01f5
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 209
        Memory at c0006000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Dell Device 01f5
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 217
        Memory at c0007000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Dell Device 01f5
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 209
        Memory at c0008000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Dell Device 01f5
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 217
        Memory at c0009000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Dell Device 01f5
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 201
        Memory at c0004400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Count=1/1 Enable-
        Capabilities: [e4] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00e0
        Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 13)
        Subsystem: Dell Device 01f5
        Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
        I/O ports at 8410 [size=16]
        Memory at c0004800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: [b0] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable- Fixed+

00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: Dell Device 01f5
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 185
        I/O ports at <ignored>
        I/O ports at <ignored>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at 8420 [size=16]
        Capabilities: [70] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Count=1/1 Enable-
        Kernel driver in use: ATIIXP_IDE

00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
        Subsystem: Dell Device 01f5
        Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 185
        Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Count=1/1 Enable-
        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
        Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
        Subsystem: Dell Device 01f5
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0

00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=08, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=64
        Memory behind bridge: c0300000-c03fffff

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
        Flags: fast devsel
        Capabilities: [80] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
        Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
        Flags: fast devsel

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
        Flags: fast devsel
        Capabilities: [f0] Secure device <?>

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200M] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: Dell Device 01f5
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 209
        Memory at c8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
        Memory at c0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at c0120000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
        Memory at c0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Count=1/1 Enable-
        Capabilities: [d0] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
                UESta:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq+ ACSVoil-
                UEMsk:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil-
                UESvrt: DLP+ SDES- TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil-
                CESta:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-
                CESta:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-
                AERCap: First Error Pointer: 14, GenCap+ CGenEn- ChkCap+ ChkEn-
        Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel <?>

08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Dell Device 01f5
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 177
        Memory at c0300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: b44

08:01.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
        Subsystem: Dell Device 01f5
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
        Memory at c0302800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

08:01.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Dell Device 01f5
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
        Memory at c0302c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

NeddySeagoon · 05-22-2009, 05:33 PM

nuwen52,

Check your kernel setup. Follow this post*except* on the

Code:

<*> Serial ATA (prod) and Parallel ATA (experimental) drivers  --->

you need

Code:

<*>   AHCI SATA support
[*]   ATA SFF support
<*>     ATI PATA support

Then rebuild and reinstall your kernel