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On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> writes: |
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>> I'm very curious - did you happen to try appending something like |
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>> init=/sbin/init 1 |
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>> to the boot kernel command and seeing what happens? That might be |
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>> instructive about where it's really getting to or what is stopping it |
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>> from proceeding. |
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> Mark, I rm'ed all of it and created a new vm again. did all the |
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> steps with /dev and the rest of normal install. |
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> This time around the vm cannot find any media to boot from although I |
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> created boot and all that with grub etc. |
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> I even added the `init 1' line you suggested... but since the media is |
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> not found when I try to boot into the vm... of course it does nothing. |
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> So, enough time wasted.. I'm sorry to cave on you when you asked for a |
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> result of the init 1 parameter.... |
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No apologies necessary. |
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> I don't have any idea where to look for the problem of not finding the |
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> media but probably some kind of pilot error. |
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> I need to get some work done with a vm so going with debian. |
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> Its working now... tarsnap server is ready to be setup for tarsnap. |
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> Done it about 1/2 hour. |
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> I really appreciate your kind patience.. and have kept the thread for |
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> next time I get the urge to create a gentoo vm. Very good input and |
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> it does not go to waste since I seem to end up trying a gentoo vm |
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> guest every few mnths. |
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> Thanks to Neil as well. Always appreciate the sharp eyed comments. |
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As a follow-up to your problems, and because I'm just plain interested |
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in this /dev/null,console question, I decided to create a completely |
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new Gentoo VM myself from scratch this morning. I'm going FAR more |
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slowly than usual as, like you, I need to get other things done. Also |
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that I'd like to understand what the tarball does actually provide, |
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and also when everything in /dev really comes together correctly. (If |
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indeed it does come together correctly.) |
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I'll post back how it's going. My first observation is that the stage3 |
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tarball only provides /dev/null as a normal file and nothing else. I |
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would guess that this is incorrect as I would think that if the normal |
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file is there then the special file won't get created later. I've |
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never studied how the /dev directory gets created so this will be a |
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learning experience for me. |
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As for having to get some work done, I completely understand. Just |
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don't give up on us here in Gentoo land, be we real OR virtual... |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |