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On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> writes: |
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>> As for Gentoo installs, IMHO, they are in a bit of a mess right |
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>> now. Last weekend a friend decided to give Linux a try and I helped |
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>> him install Gentoo. The tarballs still, after nearly a month I think, |
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>> didn't include all the required /dev stuff in the stage3 tarball which |
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>> caused the machine to not boot. Maybe that's what you're seeing? I |
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> I'm at the stage right now of trying to boot from the vm harddrive. |
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> What is missing from stage3? Maybe I can get it straightened out now |
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> before turning the vm on its own. |
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/dev/null and /dev/console |
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Look at this post. Check the instructions near the bottom from kswtch |
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as I can confirm they work. The only catch is if your work created a |
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normal file under /dev then erase before creating the new device |
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files: |
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https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/gentoo-87/booting-stops-after-kernel-starts-883031/ |
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It was a unique failure I hadn't seen before. |
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There was another method reported to fix this that had to do with a |
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file system called 'devtmpfs' that creates what's needed on the fly (I |
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guess) but I didn't think I was the person to try that out. |
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Hope this helps, |
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Mark |