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On Thursday, April 23, 2015 07:21:12 PM Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: |
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> On 23.04.2015 18:57, james wrote: |
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> > Stefan G. Weichinger <lists <at> xunil.at> writes: |
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> >> On 23.04.2015 17:43, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: |
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> >>> I will see if I get that figured out ... got to get the kernel-options |
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> >>> and dracut modules right. |
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> >> |
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> >> first try started booting but couldn't mount rootfs ... and now the box |
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> >> hangs there and I can't press the power button (only PS/2 attached |
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> >> keyboard/mouse) |
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> >> got to wait for the folks there to come to work tmrw |
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> > There are methods to get the console terminal session, remotely. |
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> > One, is called "netconsole" [1]. I use to use this sort of thing |
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> > decades ago. How it is currently supported and the associated codes |
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> > (ssh) to use it remotely, I have not kept up with. Some headless embedded |
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> > system still use this sort of thing; with holes punched in the |
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> > routers/firewalls..... |
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> > I've also heard of folks setting up a serial console over serial-2-usb |
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> > converter, like ftdi, and then making a terminal session connection |
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> > form a remote cell phone to another cell phone, to tunnel an ascii |
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> > terminal session. I've never done this, but I'd be really curious how |
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> > somebody makes that sort of 9600 baud terminal connection to a remote |
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> > router or server, via a serial/console port.... using cell phones |
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> > as modems. |
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> Thanks for the hint but for now I have to wait. |
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> When I think about I have to add several kernel-options to menu.lst: |
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> dracut has to assemble /dev/md3 at first (this is the single PV in the |
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> VG VG01) |
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> and /dev/VG01/genroot then is the filesystem with the new gentoo-rootfs |
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> I only added stuff like rd.md=1 etc ... I think I got the assembling |
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> wrong. And maybe even the root= option. |
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This is one of the reasons why I have given up on genkernel and dracut for |
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initramfs creation and now simply build my own and have it integrated into the |
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kernel: |
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$ zcat /proc/config.gz | grep INITRAMFS_SOURCE |
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CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="/usr/src/initramfs/config" |
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If you're interested I will send you the required files. |
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> We will see tmrw if I get in early from other jobs. |
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Good luck :) |
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