Re: [gentoo-user] system won't boot - --no-bootloader set; Skipping bootloader update ...

On 12/11/2020 03:15 AM, Dan Egli wrote:
> you didn't specify grub2 on the command line or (my preference) in
> /etc/genkernel.conf. So genkernel assumes you don't want it to fix your
> boot loader. If the kernel and ramdisk are all built, you can fix grub's
> config with grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg. For future kernel
> builds, read the paramaters in man genkernel so you know how to specify
> the boot loader, or just edit /etc/genkernel.conf and set the bootloader
> from none to grub2.
>
> On 12/11/2020 12:54 AM, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
>> My system will not boot.
>>
>> I installed sys-power/acpid  and wanted to double check the kernel
>> configuration.
>> I run: genkernel --menuconfig all
>> The ACPI option was enabled so I exit the menu but it started to
>> compile the kernel so I press CTRL-C (to stop it).
>>
>> Upon rebooting the X will not start no root login, just a screen with
>> login:
>> "joseph (none)"
>>
>> I bootstrap the PC and run:  genkernel --menuconfig all
>> and finish compiling, and I get a message:
>> -------------
>> * Kernel compiled successfully!
>> *
>> * --no-bootloader set; Skipping bootloader update ...
>> *
>> * Required kernel parameter:
>> *
>> *     root=/dev/$ROOT
>> *
>> * Where $ROOT is the device node for your root partition as the
>> * one specified in /etc/fstab
>> ---------------
>>
>> What went wrong?
>>
>> Here is my fstab:
>> LABEL=boot        /boot        vfat        noauto,noatime    1 2
>> UUID=d32946b3-2236-4998-80dd-68b7d78e0c7b      /    ext4    noatime   
>> 0 1
>> LABEL=swap        none        swap        sw        0 0

Now, when I boot I get a message:

Block device UUID=d32946b3-2236-4998-80dd-68b7d78e0c7b is not a valid
root device.

I did not change anything in /etc/fstab