Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] * Boot (initramfs) .. does not continue
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 10:21:28
Message-Id: 200905161221.19999.volkerarmin@googlemail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] * Boot (initramfs) .. does not continue by "Maximilian Bräutigam"
1 On Samstag 16 Mai 2009, Maximilian Bräutigam wrote:
2 > Hi all,
3 >
4 > on my new computer i recently installed gentoo using a raid1
5 > of /dev/sda6 and /dev/sdb6. i'm using genkernel with nearly standard
6 > config (except the configs regarding raid and power management) and my
7 > grub ist configured as u see below:
8
9 probably forgot something there.
10 >
11 > title Gentoo Linux x86_64-2.6.28-5 (fb)
12 > root (hd0,5)
13 > kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.28-gentoo-r5
14 > root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/md1 udev
15 > video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap vga=838
16 > initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.28-gentoo-r5
17 > savedefault
18 > boot
19
20 ugh. You know that you don't need an initrd for raid1?
21
22 >
23 > The framebuffer is working well, the scans that are made before booting
24 > are working and then it tries to
25 > * boot (initramfs) ..
26 > and at this point he simply stops and does nothing anymore.
27 >
28 > yesterday, everything was working fine, but i can't remember that i did
29 > something wrong or extraordinary. for me it sounds like raid-support is
30 > broken, but my config is ok. recompilation of kernel was no problem.
31 >
32 > please, help me solving this weird problem, that is driving me crazy.
33
34 boot systemrescuecd
35 mount /dev/md1 /mnt/gentoo
36 cd /mnt/gentoo
37 mount --bind /proc proc
38 mount --bind /dev dev
39 mount --bind /sys sys
40 chroot ./. /bin/zsh
41 etc-update
42 exit
43 reboot