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In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: |
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> While trying to learn about dracut, I found a detail that made me look |
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> closer to the genkernel generated initramfs, and I found that the error |
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> message was perfectly clear: there was no /dev/sda5, where my "real_root" |
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> is, that initramfs has just /dev/sda1 to /dev/sda4 . |
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> I think it must be a limitation on genkernel part, although I was unable to |
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> find anything related to this issue up to now. |
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It appears as if genkernel can only boot off real, not extended |
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partitions. |
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> So now I have rearranged the partitions, using just the first ones. Now I |
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> got a stuck splash image, no initialization shown, no progress bar |
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> moving... but this is another problem, probably I forgot to change |
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> something to reflect the new partitioning scheme. |
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It could be a tty problem. If I use genkernel unchanged I get a weird |
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splash screen and the boot dialog writes all over my splash screen. What |
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I have to do evey time an emerge updates my genkernel is: |
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edit my /usr/share/genkernel/defaults/linuxrc file |
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search for CONSOLE in this file and find: |
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# exec >${CONSOLE} <${CONSOLE} 2>&1 |
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Just remove the hash at the start of the line, rebuild my initramfs |
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and it is ready to go. |
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Regards, |
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Gregory. |
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