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From: John covici <covici@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] strange error during boot
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:05:07
Message-Id: 18836.7804.961402.962841@ccs.covici.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] strange error during boot by Joost Roeleveld
1 on Thursday 02/12/2009 Joost Roeleveld(joost@××××××××.org) wrote
2 > On Thu, February 12, 2009 10:52 am, John covici wrote:
3 > > Hi. I just upgraded a gentoo system from about August 2008 to current
4 > > -- including updating baselayout and openrt and now when I boot I get
5 > > a series of messages quite early in the boot modprobe: fatal /sys is
6 > > not mounted. Eventually it does boot and all seems to work with the
7 > > exception of the script for my hsfmodem, but I am curious as to what
8 > > those message mean and if there is a way to fix them.
9 > >
10 > > Any assistance would be appreciated.
11 >
12 > Did you include sysfs support to your kernel and do you have a directory
13 > '/sys'? (SYSFS)
14 > This can be found in: File systems / Pseudo filesystems in the kernel
15 > configuration.
16 >
17 > The '/sys' filesystem is as important as '/proc' these days.
18
19 The plot thickens -- by the time I log in after booting, /sys is
20 mounted with the correct file system. Still very strange.
21
22 --
23 Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is:
24 How do
25 you spend it?
26
27 John Covici
28 covici@××××××××××.com

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Re: [gentoo-user] strange error during boot Joost Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org>