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On 06/24/2011 04:08 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> writes: |
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>> As for Gentoo installs, IMHO, they are in a bit of a mess right |
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>> now. Last weekend a friend decided to give Linux a try and I helped |
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>> him install Gentoo. The tarballs still, after nearly a month I think, |
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>> didn't include all the required /dev stuff in the stage3 tarball which |
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>> caused the machine to not boot. Maybe that's what you're seeing? I |
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> I'm at the stage right now of trying to boot from the vm harddrive. |
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> What is missing from stage3? Maybe I can get it straightened out now |
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> before turning the vm on its own. |
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Yes, it's a trivial fix (everything's trivial if you know how to do it :) |
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The /dev directory (before udev starts) is missing the /dev/console |
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device -- or maybe it's the /dev/null device. Crap, I can't recall |
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just now but I fixed the problem a week or two ago by using mknod to |
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create the missing device (I think it was /dev/console). |
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Just chroot into your fresh vm and see what's missing from the /dev |
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directory. Use mknod to create the missing device. |
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