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> > > Possible causes: |
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> > > 1. USB stick doesn't work as boot device |
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> Ok, so scratch that one. |
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Okay, done. |
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> > > 2. USB port is not supported by kernel |
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> > I'm not sure what you mean. Is there any option I should enable for |
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> > genkernel? I read on the Wiki page that |
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> It works with Arch, are you using the same kernel options now with Gentoo? |
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Yeah, I tried many more here actually, with Arch I only need APPEND root=... |
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(no rootfstype, ro, rw, rootdelay, etc.). |
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> > > 3. You don't use root_delay as boot option |
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> > If that's what I think it is, I tell syslinux to wait 5 seconds. |
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(turns out it's not what I thought it was, though I did try root_delay, it is |
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actually rootdelay...) |
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> How do you tell it that? |
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Here's my syslinux.cfg with more comments: |
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PROMPT 1 |
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TIMEOUT 50 # <-- here |
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DEFAULT gentoo |
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LABEL gentoo |
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LINUX ../kernel-genkernel-x86-4.0.5-gentoo |
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INITRD ../initramfs-genkernel-x86-4.0.5-gentoo |
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APPEND rootdelay=5 root=UUID="6fc386ff-8342-42a2-be02-51a6eccf8430" rootfstype=ext4 |
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# ^^--- I added this just now because you said so, though in the last message I had root_delay |
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# Neither of those has any effect (conditions 2 and 3 I told you about remain as they were) |
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# (as I thought this has nthing to do with the bootloader) |
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# pen (normalmente /dev/sdb4): UUID="6fc386ff-8342-42a2-be02-51a6eccf8430" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="Root Gentoo GNU/Linux" PARTUUID="9c4f6479-9dd7-4a8f-86f2-f1320cc15aa5" |
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> I never used an initrd when building my own USB sticks. |
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I don't know, I always used an initrd. Though I must say, that is the |
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phase of starting the PC I understand the worst. |
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> I was talking about: |
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> rootdelay= [KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to |
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> mount the root filesystem |
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> (See the file "kernel-parameters.txt" in the kernel Documentation) |
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(I'm guessing I'm not supposed to include this in the boot loader config...) |
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> That's a default signature... :) |
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Ah, so that's why it showed with a couple of dashes above it :) |
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All the best, |
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João Miguel |