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Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> writes: |
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> On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:34:56 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: |
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>> (From chrooted shell) |
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>> root@sysresccd /dev % ls -l console null |
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>> crw-rw---- 1 root root 5, 1 Jun 26 17:33 console |
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>> crw-rw---- 1 root root 1, 3 Jun 26 17:33 null |
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> When you chroot to the install root, you normally bind mount dev first, |
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> so I would expect those files to be there. Are they there before you |
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> chroot or bind mount anything? |
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No... and I'm now getting it that they should be. |
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Anyway, I'm downloading the latest stage3 I found (06/14) I'll explode |
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it in a test directory and see whats there. I've emerged so much |
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stuff now on the one I been working on that I hate to bugger it up if |
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there is much chance of salvaging it. All those kernel builds left |
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lots of time for emerging all my pet stuff. |
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ok, a freshly exploded stage3 from 06/14 shows only null being an |
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un-bound /dev/ and its a plain file |
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# ls -l |
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 14 13:08 null |
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So now I've got them in place BEFORE binding to the install media |
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/dev. |
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ls -l /mnt/gentoo/dev |
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Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> writes: |
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> I'm very curious - did you happen to try appending something like |
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> init=/sbin/init 1 |
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> to the boot kernel command and seeing what happens? That might be |
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> instructive about where it's really getting to or what is stopping it |
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> from proceeding. |
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No, haven't done that yet. In fact with /dev/console and dev/null |
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created in an un-bound /dev as sharp eyed Neil pointed out, I can now |
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get farther in the boot process. |
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However, now I'm running into many other problems and still no boot. |
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many tty could not be accessed but then on reboot with SystemRescueCD |
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again, I see they were generated into /dev/ but are not character |
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files. |
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There was some kind of problem with fsck and at least 2 other |
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problems something to do with urandom and another I lost track of. |
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At this point, I'm going to scrap the guest as by now I don't know if |
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I'm coming or going with this thing. Boot process has written junk |
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into dev/, I've written junk into dev/ so I'm starting clean. |
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I've downloaded a new stg3, new snapshot of portage so I'm going to |
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try with all untampered with stuff. |
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I guess I am to create /dev/null and /dev/console again as per |
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instructions (that is, in an un-bound /mnt/gentoo/dev/) |
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(Is it normal to find `null' created as a regular file in dev/ (before |
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any tampering?) |
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Install vim, eix, reiserfsprogs, rsyslog, grub and gentoo-sources. |
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Build the kernel, then see what happens. (using your config again) |
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If it doesn't boot I'll boot to single mode as you requested and see |
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what I see. |
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