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On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Joseph Jezak <josejx@g.o> wrote: |
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> mtab is generated on boot as you mount devices. It's not the problem here. |
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> Can you try adding this line to your yaboot config? It will make the |
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> system boot directly into a shell instead of starting init: |
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> ### Put this in the kernel section |
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> append="init=/bin/bash" |
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> Once this boots, does hda* exist in /dev? How about /dev/null and /dev/zero? |
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> -Joe |
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OK, so I did it like this: |
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boot=/dev/hda2 |
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#device=/pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0: |
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device=hd: |
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timeout=30 |
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install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot |
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magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot |
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image=/boot/kernel-2.6.34-gentoo-r1 |
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label=Gentoo-2.6.34-r1 |
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append="init=/bin/bash" |
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partition=4 |
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root=/dev/hda4 |
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read-only |
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and ran ybin -v |
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When I reboot I have no keyboard and cannot probe around. The screen is showing |
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(none) / # |
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The kernel boots with printk timing info on each line, and then |
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finishes with two messages: |
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bash: cannot set terminal process group (-1): Inappropriate ioctl for device |
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bash: no job control in this shell |
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and at that point the machine is hung. |
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So this seems like it's just not finding the hardware at this point? |
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No disk? No keyboard? |
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If you want to see the whole screen I can post another screen shot on Flickr. |
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Thanks for the interest and help. I'm sure we'll figure it out. |
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- Mark |
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