Re: Doesn't boot Linux on SATA, but OpenBSD

[adrian15]

Uwe Dippel escribió:
> Before installing grub, I always - better safe than sorry - try to
> boot the OSes from the prompt.
>
> Here I have a SATA disc:
>
> Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1               1          37      297171   83  Linux
> /dev/sda2   *          38        1254     9775552+  a6  OpenBSD
> /dev/sda3            1255       30401   234123277+   5  Extended
> /dev/sda5            1255        1389     1084356   82  Linux swap / 
> Solaris
> /dev/sda6            1390        1426      297171   83  Linux
> /dev/sda7            1427        1463      297171   83  Linux
> /dev/sda8            1464        1950     3911796   83  Linux
> /dev/sda9            1951        2133     1469916   83  Linux
> /dev/sda10           2134        3107     7823623+  83  Linux
> /dev/sda11           3108        5540    19543041   83  Linux
> /dev/sda12           5541        6118     4642753+  83  Linux
> /dev/sda13           6119       30401   195053166   83  Linux
>
> So, when I root (hd0,1,a) followed by chainloader +1, it boots to
> OpenBSD splendidly.
> But root (hd0,0) [ext2 filesystem], makeactive, kernel vmliuz--- ro
> root=/dev/sda6, initrd ..., boot
> dies with pivot_root ... cannot open /dev/console ... Kernel panic.
> Yes, /dev/sda6 is '/'
>
> What is it that I make wrong here ?

You do not need makeactive because it only works with primary partitions
 however the problem might come from initrd, I also myself had this
error randomly with knoppix 4 or 5 and I never knew why that happened.

adrian15