Gentoo Help

[Trent82]

Hey, ive just installed gentoo linux with the 2.6 kernel.
When i boot i keep getting this error message, and to continue i have to enter the root parition "/dev/hda3". is there anyway around this?

The error message is:

!! The root block device is unspecified or not detected
Please sepcify a device to boot, or "shell" for a shell....
boot() ::

Also im wanting to write some iptables.
But i keep getting this error:

FATAL: Module ip_tables not found
iptables v1.3.4: cant initilize iptables table 'filter': iptables who? (do you need insmod? )
Perhaps iptables or your kernen needs to be upgraded.

Any help would be great.

-- Trent82

[preacherman481]

ey, ive just installed gentoo linux with the 2.6 kernel.
When i boot i keep getting this error message, and to continue i have to enter the root parition "/dev/hda3". is there anyway around this?

The error message is:

!! The root block device is unspecified or not detected
Please sepcify a device to boot, or "shell" for a shell....
boot() ::

Not sure, but you might need to make sure your GRUB or Lilo boot loader configuration is properly set up.
See this link.

FATAL: Module ip_tables not found
iptables v1.3.4: cant initilize iptables table 'filter': iptables who? (do you need insmod? )
Perhaps iptables or your kernen needs to be upgraded.

When you compiled your kernel did you select iptables support? I think you can compile iptables support into the kernel or you can elect to compile it as a module and have it loaded into the kernel. Did you do either of these?

Just to be sure, do this command:

$whereis iptables

if the output doesn't say something like:

iptables: /sbin/iptables /lib/iptables /usr/share/man/man8/iptables.8.gz

then iptables isn't installed on your system.

[bAgZ]

Can you post your grub config? It will be easier to help you.