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So, |
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I was going through the handbook to look at the logic therein |
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before bash scripting up some simple install recipies for my clustering |
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work, which is eclusively amd64+radeon, atm. |
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In the Kernel section of the amd64-handbook:: |
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"root #nano -w /etc/fstab |
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FILE /etc/fstabConfiguring the /boot mountpoint |
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/dev/sda2 /boot ext2 defaults 0 2 " |
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<then this note> |
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Note |
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Further in the Gentoo installation, /etc/fstab will be configured again. The |
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/boot setting is needed right now as the genkernel application reads in this |
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configuration. |
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I build kernel by hand, similar to the handbook. I keep all of /usr/ on the |
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same partition, so I should not need at interramfs, right? But I am follow |
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the '4' partition example in the handbook, for this manual installation. |
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So it has been a long time since I looked that the handbook logic, so I may |
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just have missed the followup section on what the fstab should look like, |
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mostly following the amd64-handbook. In fact all I did was to add a |
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partition names 'local' for later mounting as /usr/local. But there is no |
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section on completing the fstab. |
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Now finishing up the manual installation I have this default /etc/fstab:: |
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/dev/BOOT /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2 |
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/dev/ROOT / ext3 noatime 0 1 |
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/dev/SWAP none swap sw 0 0 |
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/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro 0 0 |
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/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto 0 0 |
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which seems vintage. So a bug probable needs to be file on the handbook, but |
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a bit of discussion might be wise, first. |
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So where is the handbookd portion that describes these default steps that |
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leads to a simple (per the handbook exmaple) /etc/fstab? Or is this a bug? |
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<<Second>> |
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Also, I exclusively use amd video cards and we use to have a gentoo doc on |
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it's setup. Now in the gentoo wiki, I find:: |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ATI_FAQ |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Amdgpu |
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I do not currently have any of the newest AMD (fury*) cards so scripting |
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up that part of radeon card installation seems most straightforward by |
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a generic make.conf entry for radeon and lesser defaults that work:: |
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VIDEO_CARDS="radeon radeonsi vesa " |
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and then the appropriate ebuilds and kernel config options. Any suggestions |
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related to ebuild, flags, kernel option and installation steps would be |
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appreciated. I could have easily missed an existing doc, or interpertation |
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that lends a blanket system for radeon video card installations. |
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James |
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