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On Thursday 16 Jun 2016 06:11:10 J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> On June 16, 2016 7:43:10 AM GMT+02:00, "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org> |
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wrote: |
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> >On Thursday, April 07, 2016 07:41:35 PM Remy Blank wrote: |
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> >> peter@××××××××××××.uk wrote on 2016-04-07 17:24: |
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> >> > I have a new box with an NVMe SSD drive attached to the PCI bus via |
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> >an M.2 |
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> >> > interface. The drive shows up as /dev/nvme0n1, with partitions |
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> >> > /dev/nvme0n1p1, /dev/nvme0n1p2, ... |
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> >> > After following the instructions in the handbook for a UEFI system, |
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> >I get |
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> >> > as far as a kernel panic. Grub finds the kernel and starts it, but |
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> >it |
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> >> > seems to be passing a null root device name. |
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> >> > Can anyone offer some advice to help me get past this? |
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> >> Make sure you have BLK_DEV_NVME compiled into your kernel (not as a |
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> >> module), and that you pass the right device name as a root FS to the |
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> >> kernel. It might also help to use a very recent kernel. |
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> >> FWIW, I'm writing this from a laptop that boots from two NVMe devices |
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> >in |
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> >> RAID 1 configuration, with kernel 4.4.5. |
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> >> -- Remy |
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> >Remy (and others), |
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> >I have been trying to get Gentoo to boot from an NVME device, but I am |
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> >getting |
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> >stuck. |
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> >The kernel-config I use will boot when the root-device is on a spinning |
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> >sata- |
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> >disk and I can see the NVME device. |
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> >When using the same config with the root-partition on the NVME, it |
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> >fails, |
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> >complaining it can't find the root-partition. |
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> >The NVME driver is loaded into the kernel (not module). |
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> >Does anyone have a working config for a 4.4.6 kernel or any other |
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> >version that |
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> >is currently in portage? |
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> >Along with the boot-options being used? |
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> >Many thanks, |
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> >Joost |
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> Ignore this. |
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> Got it working, had to enable UEFI first for the NVME device in bios.... |
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Glad to hear it. You had me scratching my head there, trying to remember |
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exactly what I did. |
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> Problem caused by silly BIOS devs at ASUS.... |
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When confronted with new ways of doing things I naturally assume I don't |
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understand, before I start name calling. :) |
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Rgds |
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Peter |
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