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On Thursday 16 September 2010 00:34:39 Jake Moe wrote: |
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> On 16/09/10 08:26, Dale wrote: |
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> > Jake Moe wrote: |
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> >> Thanks for that, I'll rebuild the genkernel with blkid support. |
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> >> |
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> >> As to the second suggestion, there is *no* /dev/sda1 (the partition in |
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> >> question). It just doesn't exist for some reason. However, fstab shows |
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> >> that it's mounted, and /sys/block has entries for the disk, so I'm not |
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> >> sure why it's dropped out. I'm guessing it has something to do with |
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> >> udevd, or uevents? Because shortly before that, I tell it to find the |
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> >> root partition at /dev/sda1, and it starts to boot, but then it loses |
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> >> it. |
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> >> |
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> >> Jake Moe |
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> > |
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> > The file fstab doesn't show what is mounted. Either use the command |
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> > "mount" with no options or cat /etc/mtab to see what is actually mounted. |
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> > Dale |
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> > |
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> > :-) :-) |
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> Gah, it's too early. That's what I meant to say (and previously said in |
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> my original post): when I run "mount", it shows /dev/sda1 is mounted on /. |
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> Jake Moe |
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I wonder if it looses the "/dev" tree when it mounts the root-partition read |
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only prior to running the fsck. |
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That could explain why it's not there. |
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Try building a dummy /dev-tree on your root partition with the correct device- |
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nodes hardcoded for /dev/sdxxxxxx and see how far you get then? |
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