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On Monday, July 25 at 21:04 (+1000), Adam Carter said: |
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> > No message about init, just no more console messages. I'll try the |
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> > kernel line. Thanks. |
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> Ok. i ran init from the shell, and it reported /dev/initctl no such |
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> device or directory. |
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> I hadnt copied the contents of /dev across - i thought it was created |
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> automagically? |
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> Anyway, its copied now and I have booted successfully from the sdb. |
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There is always (well usually)* an initial /dev created in root. This is needed |
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for before udev kicks in. You should always copy that (and make sure it's /dev on |
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the root fs, not the udev /dev that gets mounted over it. |
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* This was the cause of a bug in the stage3 tarballs a few weeks back, where some /dev |
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entries did not exist in the tarball and the result was that people were able to |
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successfully install Gentoo, but were not able to successfully boot into the |
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installation. |