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Em 19/08/2011 07:09, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> escreveu: |
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> On Friday 19 Aug 2011 03:27:23 Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:59 AM, frares@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > Hi, guys |
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> > > |
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> > > It is a shame, I know, but after several years using Gentoo, it is the |
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> > > first time I try to build a kernel without "genkernel". |
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> > > |
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> > > And now I can't boot to that new kernel, it does not find (and really |
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> do |
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> > > not have a) /dev/sda* root partition ("real-root"); during the boot it |
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> > > stops, complaining about that, gives me the option to get a shell, |
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> from |
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> > > which I am able to see that there is no /dev/sda* . |
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> > > |
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> > > I have included everything SATA, so it looks like that is not a kernel |
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> > > problem, but a initramfs issue, I guess. |
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> > > |
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> > > What am I missing? |
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> > > |
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> > > Thanks a lot |
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> > > Francisco |
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> > > |
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> > > PS: my boot partition is sda2, sda3 is a swap partition, and |
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> everything |
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> > > else is in sda4. sda1 is not used (up to now) and this is my |
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> grub.conf : |
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> > > |
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> > > title Gentoo Linux 2.6.39-gentoo-r3 |
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> > > root (hd0,1) |
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> > > kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.39-gentoo-r3 ro |
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> root=/dev/ram0 |
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> > > init=/linuxrc real_root=/dev/sda4 vga=0x318 video=uvesafb:1024x768-32 |
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> > > nodevfs udev devfs=nomount quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 |
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> > > initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.39-gentoo-r3 |
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> > |
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> > Maybe I'm missing the obvious here but have you taken a copy of |
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> > whatever config file was used/generated by genkernel and used that as |
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> > a jumping off point for building your own kernel. kernel's a kernel's |
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> > a kernel. What it is capable of doing is in the .config file. If |
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> > genkernel doesn't give you a .config file - I've never used genkernel |
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> > so I don't know what it does - then assuming you have the feature |
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> > turned on you can get the running config using zcat /proc/config.gz. |
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> > Save that to a new .config file, put it in the kernel source directory |
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> > and you should be good to go. |
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> > |
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> > You can also use zcat /proc/config.gz on the install CD kernel if yuo |
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> > boot from that. Save it to a disk and use it as the basis for creating |
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> > your own config. |
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> If you no longer use genkernel it is likely that you do not need an |
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> initram. |
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> Build chipset and fs modules into the kernel. Other drivers you can |
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> choose if |
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> you want to build as modules. |
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> -- |
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> Regards, |
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> Mick |
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I the case I don't need a initram, I guess that the grub line for parameter |
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passing to the kernel would be empty. Am I wrong? |
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I was just looking on how to build my own initram. What is it supposed to |
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do anyway? |
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Thanks |
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Francisco |
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