Error when reboot after install [solved]

**lokoalex** · 05-16-2005

I have this problem when I reboot after install can anyone help. This is my error message:

Code:

>>Mounting filesystems
Mount&#58; Mounting devfs on /dev failed&#58; No such device
Error opening file&#58; "/devfsb" No such file or directory
>>Determining root device...
>>Block device /dev/hda3 is not a valid root device...
>>The root block device is unspecified or not detected.
     Please specify a device to boot, or "shell" for a shell...

Please help....

**jaboua** · 05-16-2005

Devfs is deprecated, use udev instead. First, disable devfs in the kernel, "filesystems --> Pseudo filesystems --> /dev filesystem support". Then, recompile the kernel and reinstall the modules and kernel. Then, just follow gentoo's own udev guide: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml

**junkman4547** · 06-06-2005

Jaboua, will you explain this in more detail..please.

I'm trying to install Gentoo from stage3 for the sixth time,
and now having this exact problem.

The closest thing to computer anything that I do is
programming in Assembly, this problem is totally
beyond my realm of understanding....please help

**jaboua** · 06-06-2005

Short brief of whats in the udev guide:

The first step is to disable the kernel option "filesystems --> Pseudo filesystems --> /dev filesystem support". It's probably set to <*> now, press space until it is deselected < >.

Then you recompile and reinstall the kernel as you installed it the first time. At last, you have to emerge some apps:

Code:

emerge udev hotplug coldplug
rc-update add coldplug boot
rc-update add hotplug default

That should generally let you have a working /dev-filesystem, but if you don't want all the device nodes, only those detected by udev, you'll have to deactivate some options in /etc/conf.d/rc described at the link over. You should take a look at the gentoo guide, it is really usefull and describes everything you need to know when you're setting up udev. Good luck

PS: if there is something more you didnt get or did'nt work, just ask

**junkman4547** · 06-06-2005

Thank you very much......Jaboua.....I will try it soon. Right now I'm using
Ubuntu.
I followed Gentoo Handbook installing 2005.0 version, it's very strange that
problem like this still occur.

**junkman4547** · 06-07-2005

I now can get around that problem for the moment by typing

/dev/hda3

and it continues to boot up to this line

starting devfsd
/sbin/rc: line 271 /sbin/devfsd: No such file or directory

I need some help with this additional problem......

**jaboua** · 06-07-2005

Devfsd is disabled during the first part of my explaination - recompile the kernel with disabled devfs, it lies here in the kernel tree: filesystems --> Pseudo filesystems --> /dev filesystem support

**greenpenguin** · 06-07-2005

I had the same problem myself. If you do a forum search for it you should find it, there is a good solution.

**junkman4547** · 06-07-2005

I tried to follow your instructions to disable kernel option...
by typing at prompt.....

filesystems -->Pseudo filesystems -->/dev filesystem support

This is what I got.....

bash: Pseudo: Read-only file system

Forgive me if I am a little thick when it comes to this sort
of things...but if I seem incredibly stupid please be specific
of what step I should do to get to the point where I can
disable devfs.

When I compiled the kernel the first time .... I used the
supplied genkernel and I do not remember specify any
option at all.

**budman7** · 06-08-2005

If you used genkernel, there wouldn't have been any options, unless you did, "makemenuconfig".

The only reason to use make menuconfig would be if you don't have a separate /boot partition.

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