Re: [gentoo-catalyst] making of a catalyst livecd

[Chip DeVoge]

It is for a chemistry professor at a local university and all he wants is 
the basics I listed.


* Gentoo Linux Genkernel; Version 3.3.6
* Running with options: --no-mountboot --kerneldir=/usr/src/linux 
--kernel-config=/var/tmp/gentoo.config 
--minkernpackage=/usr/portage/packages/gk_binaries/gentoo-2005.chip.tar.bz2 
all --kernel-cc=/usr/lib/ccache/bin/gcc --utils-cc=/usr/lib/ccache/bin/gcc

* Linux Kernel 2.6.12-gentoo-r10 for x86...
* WARNING: No mounted /boot partition detected!
*          Run ``mount /boot`` to mount it!

* kernel: >> Running mrproper...
* config: Using config from /var/tmp/gentoo.config
*         Previous config backed up to .config.bak
*         >> Running oldconfig...
* kernel: >> Cleaning...
* kernel: >> Making dependencies...
* ERROR: Failed to compile the "prepare" target...

* -- Grepping log... --

* Gentoo Linux Genkernel; Version 3.3.6
* Running with options: --no-mountboot --kerneldir=/usr/src/linux 
--kernel-config=/var/tmp/gentoo.config 
--minkernpackage=/usr/portage/packages/gk_binaries/gentoo-2005.chip.tar.bz2 
all --kernel-cc=/usr/lib/ccache/bin/gcc --utils-cc=/usr/lib/ccache/bin/gcc

* Linux Kernel 2.6.12-gentoo-r10 for x86...
* WARNING: No mounted /boot partition detected!
--
  SCSI generic support (CHR_DEV_SG) [N/m/y/?] n
  *
  * Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs
  *
  Probe all LUNs on each SCSI device (SCSI_MULTI_LUN) [N/y/?] n
  Verbose SCSI error reporting (kernel size +=12K) (SCSI_CONSTANTS) [N/y/?] 
n
--
* kernel: >> Cleaning...
COMMAND: make -j2 CC="/usr/lib/ccache/bin/gcc" LD="ld" AS="as" clean
awk: cmd. line:2: fatal: cannot open file 
`/usr/src/linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r10/include/linux/version.h' for reading (No 
such file or directory)
* kernel: >> Making dependencies...
COMMAND: make -j2 CC="/usr/lib/ccache/bin/gcc" LD="ld" AS="as" dep
*** Warning: make dep is unnecessary now.
--
Second extended fs support (EXT2_FS) [Y/n/m/?] y
  Ext2 extended attributes (EXT2_FS_XATTR) [N/y/?] (NEW) aborted!

Console input/output is redirected. Run 'make oldconfig' to update 
configuration.

make[2]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 1
make[1]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 2
make: *** [include/linux/autoconf.h] Error 2
* Gentoo Linux Genkernel; Version 3.3.6
* Running with options: --no-mountboot --kerneldir=/usr/src/linux 
--kernel-config=/var/tmp/gentoo.config 
--minkernpackage=/usr/portage/packages/gk_binaries/gentoo-2005.chip.tar.bz2 
all --kernel-cc=/usr/lib/ccache/bin/gcc --utils-cc=/usr/lib/ccache/bin/gcc

* ERROR: Failed to compile the "prepare" target...

* -- End log... --

* Please consult /var/log/genkernel.log for more information and any
* errors that were reported above.

* Report any genkernel bugs to bugs.gentoo.org and
* assign your bug to genkernel@g.o. Please include
* as much information as you can in your bug report; attaching
* /var/log/genkernel.log so that your issue can be dealt with effectively.
*
* Please do *not* report compilation failures as genkernel bugs!
*

!!! catalyst: Runscript kernel build failed


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "modules/livecd_stage2_target.py", line 324, in run_local
    self.build_kernel()
  File "modules/livecd_stage2_target.py", line 309, in build_kernel
    "Runscript kernel build failed")
  File "/usr/lib/catalyst/modules/catalyst_support.py", line 102, in cmd
    raise CatalystError,myexc
CatalystError: <unprintable instance object>
None

!!! catalyst: Runscript aborting due to error.



From: Mike Rosset <schizoid29@×××××.com>
Reply-To: gentoo-catalyst@l.g.o
To: gentoo-catalyst@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] making of a catalyst livecd
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:35:20 -0700

  Chip:

If that's all you really need to do then possible the knoppix livecd might
be a better choice. But if you what to hack through catalyst. can you post
the actual error message you are getting.

Regrads,

Mike Rosset


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