I figured it out after looking at forums.gentoo.org for a while.

I needed BusLogic-SCSI built into the kernel and not as a module. No clue
why. I doesn't recognize the scsi controller without it.

-Josh



> -----Original Message-----
> From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org
> [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Josh Close
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 11:43 AM
> To: 'TCLUG Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: [TCLUG] aic7xxx kernel module
>
>
> I tried appending that and it didn't work.
>
> I'm getting this error.
>
> VFS: Cannot open root device "sda3" or unknown-block(0,0)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
>
> I set up grub like this
>
> # grub
> grub> root (hd0,0)
> grub> setup (hd0)
> grub> quit
>
> I did this because (sd0,0) wasn't found and (hd0,0) found my
> partitions.
>
> My grub.conf file looks like this
>
> default 0
> timeout 10
> splash.....
>
> title=Gentoo Linux (development-sources-2.6.6)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /development-sources-2.6.6 root=/dev/sda3 doscsi
>
> It still didtn't work with the doscsi at the end.
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> -Josh
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org
> > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Jason Sievert
> > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 11:19 AM
> > To: TCLUG Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] aic7xxx kernel module
> >
> >
> > It is in the grub.conf file append it to the end of your kernel line
> > Here is my grub.conf file
> >
> > title  GNU/Linux 2.6.5-r1
> > root   (hd0,0)
> > kernel /kernel-2.6.5-gentoo-r1 doscsi
> > initrd /initrd-2.6.5-gentoo-r1
> >
> >
> > Josh Close wrote:
> > > I'm not familiar with that. Could you explain it a little?
> > >
> > > Is it a kernel options? Or is it in the grub.conf file?
> > >
> > > -Josh
> > >
> > >
> > >>-----Original Message-----
> > >>From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org
> > >>[mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Jason Sievert
> > >>Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 9:48 AM
> > >>To: TCLUG Mailing List
> > >>Subject: Re: [TCLUG] aic7xxx kernel module
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>One thing on gentoo distros is that for scsi to work a lot of
> > >>the time
> > >>you need to pass the kernel option of "doscsi" to get it to
> > even look
> > >>for scsi hardware.
> > >>
> > >>Jason
> > >>
> > >>Josh Close wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>Whatis the aic7xxx kernel module called under "make menuconfig"?
> > >>>
> > >>>I've done a gentoo install and when the livecd booted, I
> > >>
> > >>had to "modprobe
> > >>
> > >>>aic7xxx". When I finished and restarted the computer, the
> > >>
> > >>kernel couldn't
> > >>
> > >>>find the hard drive due to the scsi raid controller. I
> > >>
> > >>think I just need to
> > >>
> > >>>load this module.
> > >>>
> > >>>-Josh
> > >>>
> > >>>
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