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On Monday 11 July 2011 10:09:38 Daniel Frey did opine thusly: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I've been trying to get genkernel to use a newer version of dmraid. |
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> For some reason, genkernel is using a build from 2006 (!) |
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> I've tried an ubuntu livecd which uses a build that's available in |
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> portage that works with my fakeraid. All this to try to dual-boot |
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> using a raid 1+0. |
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> I've discovered /etc/genkernel.conf has settings for this, so I |
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> tried changing them: |
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> ----- |
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> #DMRAID_VER="1.0.0.rc14" |
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> DMRAID_VER="1.0.0.rc16" |
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> DMRAID_DIR="dmraid/${DMRAID_VER}" |
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You sure about this one? |
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That lack of a leading "/" looks mighty suspicious |
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> #DMRAID_SRCTAR="${DISTDIR}/dmraid-${DMRAID_VER}.tar.bz2" |
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> DMRAID_SRCTAR="/usr/share/dmraid/dmraid-1.0.0.rc16-3-prepatched.tar. |
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> bz2" |
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> DMRAID_BINCACHE="%%CACHE%%/dmraid-${DMRAID_VER}-%%ARCH%%.tar.bz2" |
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> ----- |
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> After that I issued a `genkernel --lvm --dmraid initramfs` and got |
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> this: ----- |
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> ubuntu / # genkernel initramfs |
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> * Gentoo Linux Genkernel; Version 3.4.17 |
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> * Running with options: initramfs |
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> * Linux Kernel 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 for x86_64... |
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> * blkid: >> Using cache |
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> * busybox: >> Using cache |
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> * initramfs: >> Initializing... |
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> * >> Appending base_layout cpio data... |
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> * >> Appending auxilary cpio data... |
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> * >> Appending busybox cpio data... |
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> * >> Appending lvm cpio data... |
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> * LVM: Adding support (using local static binary |
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> /sbin/lvm.static)... * >> Appending dmraid cpio data... |
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> * DMRAID: Adding support (compiling binaries)... |
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> * ERROR: DMRAID directory ${DMRAID_DIR} is invalid! |
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> |
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> * -- Grepping log... -- |
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> * >> Appending dmraid cpio data... |
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> * DMRAID: Adding support (compiling binaries)... |
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> * Gentoo Linux Genkernel; Version 3.4.17 |
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> * Running with options: initramfs |
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> * ERROR: DMRAID directory ${DMRAID_DIR} is invalid! |
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> * -- End log... -- |
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> ----- |
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> I can see that the dmraid directory is invalid, but I do not know |
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> how to correct this? |
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> I've not tried making an initramfs myself (I do not know how) but |
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> have been building my own kernels since 2004. I couldn't really |
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> find anything on genkernel after googling other than the basic |
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> usage. |
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> |
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> Can anyone help? |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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