Re: [gentoo-releng] Possible delay of x86-release

[Benjamin Judas]

Am Di, den 17.02.2004 schrieb Benjamin Judas um 23:31:
> Due to strange problems with the 2.4.24-xfs kernel on the livecd, the
> x86-release is possibly going to be delayed.
>
> The 2.6.1-kernel boots up fine, but with the 2.4.24 kernel INIT
> complains about "No inittab found". I tried different configurations for
> that kernel (iggy's original one, a config from a knoppix-like
> gentoo-live-cd (ask dertobi123) and different flavours of mine), stepped
> back to baselayout-1.8.6.12-r4 and genkernel-3.0.1-beta10, also stepped
> back from xfs-sources-2.4.24-r1 to -r0 and also cdfs instead of zisofs
> -- I cannot get it back working.
>
> At the moment, I am rebuilding the livecd on my box here, since I
> already had the thought, that this may be related to amd64. This might
> take some time (and I really doubt that this will be the solution to
> that problem).
>
> I will report the results of that final test as soon as they appear to
> me. However I cannot guarantee that I am going to be able to keep the
> 23rd as release date.

I localized the bug. The bug is definitely related to
xfs-sources-2.4.24-r1, using xfs-sources-2.4.24(-r0) doesn't cause any
errors. We could now easily say "Ok, let's stay with -r0 then". But then
we would lose lvm2-support (device-mapper & co.).

I am requesting suggestions on what to do now. IMHO we should use
2.4.24-xfs-r0 for the livecd instead of trying to fix the r1-kernel or
choosing an alternative kernel (i.e. a kernel that at least can do what
the current is capable of).

Regards
 Benjamin 
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