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On 09/07/2013 11:11 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Alexander Kapshuk |
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> <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On 09/07/2013 10:35 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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>>> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Alexander Kapshuk |
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>>> <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>> On 09/07/2013 10:25 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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>>>>> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Alexander Kapshuk |
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>>>>> <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>>> On 09/07/2013 09:35 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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>>>>>> |
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>>>>>>> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Alexander Kapshuk |
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>>>>>>> <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>>>>> |
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>>>>>>>> On 09/07/2013 09:11 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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>>>>>>>> |
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>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Alexander Kapshuk |
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>>>>>>>>> <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>>>>>>> |
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>>>>>>>>>> Howdy, |
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>>>>>>>>>> Just compiled the new kernel [3.10.7], was about to edit my |
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>>>>>>>>>> /boot/grub/grub.conf, and found it missing: |
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>>>>>>>>>> box0 boot # pwd |
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>>>>>>>>>> /boot |
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>>>>>>>>>> box0 boot # ls -a |
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>>>>>>>>>> . .. kernel-3.10.7-gentoo kernel-3.8.13-gentoo |
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>>>>>>>>>> What did I miss? |
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>>>>>>>>> Do you have /boot in a separated partition? Did you mounted it? |
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>>>>>>>>> Nothing should touch /boot, AFAIK. |
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>>>>>>>>> |
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>>>>>>>>> Regards. |
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>>>>>>>>> |
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>>>>>>>> I do have '/boot' on a separate partition. If I understand it correctly, |
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>>>>>>>> '/boot' gets mounted every time at system start-up, based on |
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>>>>>>>> '/etc/fstab', does it not? |
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>>>>>>> By the contents of your fstab, it should... |
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>>>>>>>> box0 boot # cat /etc/fstab |
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>>>>>>>> <snip> |
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>>>>>>>> /dev/sda1 /boot ext2 default,noatime 0 2 |
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>>>>>>>> /dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0 |
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>>>>>>>> /dev/sda3 / ext4 noatime 0 1 |
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>>>>>>>> /dev/sda5 /home ext4 noatime 0 2 |
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>>>>>>>> /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro 0 0 |
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>>>>>>>> box0 boot # mount|grep /dev/sda |
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>>>>>>>> /dev/sda3 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,data=ordered) |
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>>>>>>>> /dev/sda5 on /home type ext4 (rw,noatime) |
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>>>>>>> ,,,however mount says up there that it's not mounted. |
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>>>>>>>> box0 boot # fdisk -l /dev/sda |
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>>>>>>>> Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes, 488397168 sectors |
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>>>>>>>> Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes |
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>>>>>>>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes |
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>>>>>>>> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes |
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>>>>>>>> Disk identifier: 0x00000000 |
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>>>>>>>> |
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>>>>>>>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System |
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>>>>>>>> /dev/sda1 * 2048 67583 32768 83 Linux |
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>>>>>>>> /dev/sda2 67584 1116159 524288 82 Linux swap / Solaris |
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>>>>>>>> /dev/sda3 1116160 43059199 20971520 83 Linux |
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>>>>>>>> /dev/sda4 43059200 488397167 222668984 5 Extended |
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>>>>>>>> /dev/sda5 43061248 488397167 222667960 83 Linux |
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>>>>>>> For some reason your /boot partition didn't get mounted. See the boot |
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>>>>>>> logs, and try to mounting by hand. Perhaps the fsck failed or it needs |
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>>>>>>> manual intervention. |
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>>>>>>> Regards. |
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>>>>>> Based on the 'dmesg' output below, EXT2-fs attempted to mount the '/' |
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>>>>>> partition instead of the '/boot' one. |
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>>>>>> box0 ~ # dmesg|grep 'EXT.*fs' |
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>>>>>> [ 2.444214] EXT2-fs (sda3): error: couldn't mount because of |
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>>>>>> unsupported optional features (240) |
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>>>>>> [ 2.444736] EXT4-fs (sda3): couldn't mount as ext3 due to feature |
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>>>>>> incompatibilities |
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>>>>>> [ 2.481412] EXT4-fs (sda3): mounted filesystem with ordered data |
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>>>>>> mode. Opts: (null) |
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>>>>>> [ 9.448819] EXT4-fs (sda3): re-mounted. Opts: (null) |
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>>>>>> [ 9.731383] EXT4-fs (sda5): mounted filesystem with ordered data |
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>>>>>> mode. Opts: (null) |
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>>>>>> Would that suggest a corrupted /boot/grub/grub.conf file? |
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>>>>> Not necessarily. Can you manually mount /boot and see the contents of |
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>>>>> /boot/grub/grub.conf. |
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>>>>>> How did the system boot then? |
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>>>>> If grub can see the boot partition (and is correctly configured and |
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>>>>> installed on the MBR), it can mount the root system without problems |
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>>>>> regardless of fstab. Do you use an initramfs? |
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>>>>> Regards. |
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>>>> 'mount /boot' fails: |
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>>>> box0 ~ # mount /boot |
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>>>> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, |
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>>>> missing codepage or helper program, or other error |
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>>>> In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try |
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>>>> dmesg | tail or so |
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>>>> No, I do not use 'initfamfs'. |
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>>>> What do you suggest doing? |
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>>> Mounting it by hand: |
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>>> mount -t ext2 /dev/sda1 /boot |
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>>> Regards. |
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>> That did the trick. Thanks very much. |
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>> Here's my /boot/grub/grub.conf: |
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>> box0 linux # cat /boot/grub/grub.conf |
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>> # This is a sample grub.conf for use with Genkernel, per the Gentoo handbook |
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>> # |
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>> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10#doc_chap2 |
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>> # If you are not using Genkernel and you need help creating this file, you |
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>> # should consult the handbook. Alternatively, consult the |
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>> grub.conf.sample that |
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>> # is included with the Grub documentation. |
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>> default 0 |
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>> timeout 30 |
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>> splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz |
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>> title Gentoo Linux 3.8.13 |
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>> root (hd0,0) |
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>> kernel /boot/kernel-3.8.13-gentoo root=/dev/sda3 |
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>> #initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.24-gentoo-r5 |
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>> title Gentoo Linux 3.8.13 (rescue) |
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>> root (hd0,0) |
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>> kernel /boot/kernel-3.8.13-gentoo root=/dev/sda3 init=/bin/bb |
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>> # vim:ft=conf: |
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>> Is there anything that suggests as to why the /boot partition failed to |
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>> mount at system start-up? |
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> No, I don't see anything that. However, since you cannot "mount |
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> /boot", but doing it manually works, that means something is wrong |
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> with your fstab. Can I see it again? There is no /boot/etc/fstab, |
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> right? What does /boot/grub/device.map say? |
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> Regards. |
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Getting late. I'll have to chase it up tomorrow. Sorry. |
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Thanks heaps for your help. |
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I'll keep yourself and the list posted on the progress made. |
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