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From: Allan Spagnol Comar <allan.comar@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Why ity has to be so frustrating !!!
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:20:52
Message-Id: 1cc2dc830606262007v712b3e4ci81361f6797fee330@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Why ity has to be so frustrating !!! by Richard Fish
1 I got:
2 title=gentoo linux 2.6.15-r1
3 root (hd0,4)
4 kernel=/vmlinuz-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc
5 real_root=/dev/mapper/nv_xxx7 dodmraid
6 initrd /initrd
7
8 On 6/26/06, Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org> wrote:
9 > On 6/26/06, Allan Spagnol Comar <allan.comar@×××××.com> wrote:
10 > > I tryed to dmraid + 2.6.16 and all I got was that /dev/mapper/* was
11 > > empty ( just have control node ). I had try 2.6.15-r1 and /de/mapper
12 > > was populated
13 >
14 > Populated...with what? How are you determining this? Have you hacked
15 > up the initrd/initramfs to display what is in /dev/mapper?
16
17 It probe sometimes for shell ( busybox ) and I can ls /dev/mapper and
18 the devices are there....
19 >
20 > > but kernel panics when mounting root system, it says it
21 > > can not find linuxrc and /bin/bash
22 >
23 > Hmm, this sounds like maybe you just have some extra and unnecessary
24 > options on your kernel command line. What does /boot/grub/menu.lst
25 > contain? If you see things like real_root= or init=, you _might_ be
26 > able to take those out, depending upon what the initrd/initramfs
27 > script does.
28 >
29 > I guess to help futher I need to know:
30 >
31 > 1. The contents of /boot/grub/menu.lst
32 > 2. Whether you are using an initramfs or an initrd. If you don't
33 > know, try "cpio --list < /boot/your_initrd_or_initramfs.img". If that
34 > lists a bunch of files, you are using an initramfs. If it gives an
35 > error, it is an initrd.
36 >
37 > -Richard
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40 >
41 >
42
43
44 --
45 An application asked:
46 "Requires Windows 9x, NT4 or better",
47 so I´ve installed Linux
48
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