[svlug] [SOLVED] Block device /dev/hda3 is not a valid root device

[Chris Case]

Hey everyone,

I finally figured it out!!  I knew it was simple.

I was using the suggested genkernel configuration which involves a
ramdisk, as you can see from my earlier post of the grub.conf.  Someone
suggested that I should get rid of the real_root and change root to
/dev/hda3.  Now everything seems to be working alright. 

The working grub.conf has the following entry for gentoo:

title=Gentoo Linux
root (hd0,1)
kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 root=/dev/hda3
init=/linuxrc nodevfs udev video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr
initrd /initrd-2.6.11-gentoo-r4


I appreciate all of the help.

~chris