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2013/8/28 Gregory Shearman <zekeyg@×××××.com> |
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> In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: |
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> > While trying to learn about dracut, I found a detail that made me look |
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> > closer to the genkernel generated initramfs, and I found that the error |
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> > message was perfectly clear: there was no /dev/sda5, where my "real_root" |
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> > is, that initramfs has just /dev/sda1 to /dev/sda4 . |
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> > I think it must be a limitation on genkernel part, although I was unable |
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> to |
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> > find anything related to this issue up to now. |
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> It appears as if genkernel can only boot off real, not extended |
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> partitions. |
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> > So now I have rearranged the partitions, using just the first ones. Now I |
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> > got a stuck splash image, no initialization shown, no progress bar |
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> > moving... but this is another problem, probably I forgot to change |
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> > something to reflect the new partitioning scheme. |
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> It could be a tty problem. If I use genkernel unchanged I get a weird |
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> splash screen and the boot dialog writes all over my splash screen. What |
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> I have to do evey time an emerge updates my genkernel is: |
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> edit my /usr/share/genkernel/defaults/linuxrc file |
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> search for CONSOLE in this file and find: |
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> # exec >${CONSOLE} <${CONSOLE} 2>&1 |
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> Just remove the hash at the start of the line, rebuild my initramfs |
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> and it is ready to go. |
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> -- |
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> Regards, |
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> Gregory. |
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Thanks Gregory. |
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I really would like to find that partition number limitation on genkernel |
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in the docs. |
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I have already had that splash screen problem, very interesting your |
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solution. That's a big reason I love Gentoo, always learning something new. |
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Funny thing is that checking the file you've mentioned in this new system, |
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it has no hash at that line (line number 13, right?). On the other working |
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system, the same, no hash. |
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I'm using genkernel-3.4.45.1 on both systems, perhaps not the same as you. |
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Regarding that last issue, the message complaining that the root partition |
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is not a valid block device _is still there_, only masked by the splash |
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(which now is "verbose"). |
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I was optimistic in believing everything would work as expected once I |
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found that detail. |
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Francisco |
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