Re: [gentoo-user] Re: After /usr conflation: why not copy booting software to /sbin rather than initramfs?

[Canek Peláez Valdés]

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 9:08 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
> Dale wrote:
>
>>
>> I think I got it all sorted and am building a new kernel.  It will have
>> a -2 on the end instead of a -1.  I'll test it in a bit.  I got some
>> things to prepare for tomorrow plus we have storms coming in tonight.
>> The rain is already on the radar and it is a bit windy here.  May take a
>> bit before I reboot.  Just depends.  ;-)
>>
>> I'm hoping to get this sorted so I can then move on to more issues, and
>> maybe a new thread. lol
>>
>> Will reply in a bit on what blows up.  ROFL
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-)  :-)
>>
>
>
> Well, I rebooted.  I'm also back to my old kernel.  The new kernel broke
> all sorts of things.  I thought about writing down the errors until I
> saw how many there was. It was PAGES of problems.  It booted to a prompt
> tho.  One thing I noticed, LVM failed.  I have a drive that has LVM on
> it and it would not mount although LVM service was started.  I even
> restarted it and it reported no errors when starting.  I dunno.
>
> So, this appears to be nowhere close to fixed.  Right now, this is on my
> nerves again.  Let me know what you want me to post but right now, I'm
> going to go have a sit down.  I'll count those things hanging from the
> ceiling or something.  I can't recall what they call them but I count
> them sometimes.
>
> If I was eyeball to eyeball with the dev that started this, I could
> patent and new color of purple/blue.  You know, hands around the neck
> and all.  :/
>
> I'm attaching the dmesg from the failed attempt.  It's a whopper.  I'm
> not sure all the errors are in there either.  Here's grub line:
>
> title=Initramfs-new_kernel
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /bzImage-3.2.11-2 root=/dev/sda3 init=/sbin/init  rd.debug
> rd.udev.debug nox
> initrd /initramfs-3.2.11.img
>
> I also tried other settings for the root line but that was the only one
> that worked.
>
> Thoughts?  Should I just switch and save myself the aggravation?
>
> Back to my hole.

Actually, the initramfs finished without a single error: between

[    1.962007] dracut: + source_conf /etc/conf.d

and

[    2.395576] dracut: Switching root

there is not a single error. The initramfs did what it needed to do;
the user space failed *after* initramfs switched root.

Did you recreated the initramfs after the kernel recompilation? 1st
rule of non-trivial initramfs: you need to recreate it everytime you
change kernels.

Which partition is the LVM one? /home or /data? Either way, either
partition should not matter to boot the system correctly. We need to
see the errors *after* the initramfs switched root; maybe you can
delete /var/log/messages, reboot, and post it?

Regards.
-- 
Canek Peláez Valdés
Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México