Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel assistance building initramfs

[Kenny Cheng]

Hi,

According to the genkernel.log, it would be the problem that someone posted
on forum with solution.
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-858613-highlight-.html

Just a word, I have been using genkernel for years and satisfy with it.

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Regards,
Kenny Cheng


On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 1:52 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote:

> So, my habit is to have /usr sit on top of LVM on top of mdraid. I
> really don't want to get into the business of manually managing my own
> initramfs, and udev >= 181 will eventually hit stable. I want my
> systems ready before that.
>
> Now, having looked at the pertinent documentation, it looks like the
> command I need to run is:
>
> genkernel --lvm --mdadm --disklabel initramfs
>
> and then add the initramfs to my grub setup.
>
> The trouble is, genkernel dies on me. I tried for some feedback in
> #gentoo-chat, and DrEeevil gave me two clues:
>
> 13:34 <+DrEeevil> that shouldn't even be possible
> 13:36 <+DrEeevil> mikemol: looks like static linking didn't on your system
>
> I don't know where to take things from here. I'm hesitant to file a
> bug on b.g.o, because the tail end of genkernel.log specifically says
> not to file build errors as bug reports.
>
> So...any ideas? This is an amd64 mostly-stable system, and dracut is
> still masked on amd64, which is why I'm trying to get genkernel
> working.
>
> I've attached genkernel.log
>
> --
> :wq
>