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On 26/03/16 02:31, Dan Douglas wrote: |
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> I'm installing gentoo hardened on several machines all with btrfs root |
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> filesystems, the simplest of which is a single gpt partitioned disk. |
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> This is my current partitioning scheme (based on numerous conflicting |
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> explainations on the wiki and handbook): |
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> |
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> # gdisk /dev/sda -l |
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> GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.1 |
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> |
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> Partition table scan: |
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> MBR: protective |
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> BSD: not present |
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> APM: not present |
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> GPT: present |
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> |
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> Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT. |
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> Disk /dev/sda: 1953525168 sectors, 931.5 GiB |
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> Logical sector size: 512 bytes |
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> Disk identifier (GUID): 4C1FE8C1-69CE-4433-A3E4-7060FFF5AF10 |
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> Partition table holds up to 128 entries |
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> First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 1953525134 |
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> Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries |
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> Total free space is 2014 sectors (1007.0 KiB) |
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> |
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> Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name |
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> 1 2048 1050623 512.0 MiB EF00 EFI System |
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> 2 1050624 9439231 4.0 GiB 8200 Linux swap |
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> 3 9439232 1953525134 927.0 GiB 8300 Linux filesystem |
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> grub2-mkconfig generates no menu entries. Do I need anything generated |
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> by /etc/grub.d/00_header? That output looks like garbage. |
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> The only real relevant configuration in /etc/default/grub should be correct. |
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> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="root=UUID=f0373f0c-3798-4965-a845-b1b94cc14731 |
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> rootfstype=btrfs |
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> rootflags=rw,noatime,compress=zlib,space_cache,subvol=rootfs" |
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> |
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> I've tried several values for GRUB_DEVICE, which has no effect. This |
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> page says an initramfs isn't needed even (for either btrfs RAID or |
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> non-RAID configuration), though several pages disagree on this. |
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> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB2 |
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> |
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> grub2-install also fails: |
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> # grub2-install --target=x86_64-efi /dev/sda |
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> Installing for x86_64-efi platform. |
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> grub2-install: error: cannot find EFI directory. |
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> What EFI directory? The one I created under /boot? |
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> I've also tried a pure EFI stub loader. Attempting to build a dracut |
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> image into the kernel causes the build to fail in various ways |
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> depending on the compression method used. |
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> GEN usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz |
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> ERROR: incorrect format, could not locate file type line 8: '' |
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> usr/Makefile:73: recipe for target 'usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz' failed |
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> make[1]: *** [usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz] Error 255 |
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> Makefile:949: recipe for target 'usr' failed |
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> make: *** [usr] Error 2 |
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> make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs... |
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> This page suggests generating an uncompressed image with dracut and |
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> renaming the file with a .cpio extension which I'd guess is erroneous |
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> advice. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/EFI_stub_kernel . The remaining |
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> instructions WRT eficompmgr all seem to assume I've been able to build |
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> a kernel with a built-in command line and initramfs. |
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> Is there any simpler way of doing this? I've gotten grub2 to work with |
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> a btrfs RAID 10 and initramfs in the past but somehow grub2-mkconfig |
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> isn't working now. |
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> |
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I installed Gentoo on more than 10 PC's and Laptops and virtual machines |
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during the past 12 month. Tried Grub2, Btrf, etc. They caused problems. |
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Genkernel, Grub-static, Ext4 with Disklabels, Samba, Xfce, always worked |
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at first try, including workstations with RAID 5 booting from a RAID 1 |
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partition using a "Cut & Paste" installation script that does 95% of the |
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keyboard work. Nothing complex, just very simple. |
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