Re: [gentoo-user] problems getting systemd to work

[Jc García]

2014-05-13 7:43 GMT-06:00  <covici@××××××××××.com>:
> Jc García <jyo.garcia@×××××.com> wrote:
>
>> 2014-05-12 21:46 GMT-06:00  <covici@××××××××××.com>:
>> > Hi.  Well, even with use_fstab=yes, it does not put one, just
>> > /etc/fstab.empty of 0 length -- how can I fix?
>> >
>> That is strange, never had this problem, actually adding this made it
>> work for me, I assume you actually used the ' "yes" ', might be
>> important for the syntax, I uncompressed my ramdisk a few minutes ago
>> to actually verify the fstab, and it is in fact included, might be
>> other parameters missing in cofiguration, all uncomented parameters in
>> my dracut.conf are these in case it might help you:
>>
>> logfile=/var/log/dracut.log
>> fileloglvl=6
>> add_dracutmodules+="lvm bash dm kernel-modules systemd"
>> lvmconf="yes"
>> use_fstab="yes"
>> host_cmdline="yes"
>> kernel_cmdline="cmdline..."
>>
>> And when generating I just simply run:
>> dracut --kver 'kernel_version'
>>
>> As you see my configuration is pretty simple, I suggest you to try
>> forcing the inclussion of fstab(extract, and re-compress the image),
>> to verify if it solves your booting problem, it might be a dracut
>> bug(tough it seems a relatively simple feature to be that prone to
>> bugs).
>
> hmmm, do we really need add_dracutmodules+="lvm bash dm kernel-modules
> systemd"
>

It's not necessary  indeed, the Idea was you to compare this with
yours, since its working here, for example bash is actually a thing of
mine wanting a nice shell even in the initrd. you include what fits
your needs.
>
> I had the fstab with and without the quotes,  but no difference.  Maybe
> I need to include the thing individually?
>
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