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On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:05:12 +0200 |
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J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> On Friday 10 September 2010 10:43:30 Jake Moe wrote: |
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> > On 10/09/2010 5:27 PM, Maciej Grela wrote: |
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> > > 2010/9/10 Jake Moe<jakesaddress@×××××.com>: |
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> > >> Hello all, |
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> > >> |
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> > >> I've been thinking about creating a Gentoo USB stick for install |
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> > >> and rescue purposes (and, of course, just to see if I could). |
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> > >> I've mostly followed the Gentoo handbook (I used a single 4GB |
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> > >> partition for the whole system, and no swap). I've used |
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> > >> genkernel for the kernel (so I can have a multi-system capable |
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> > >> kernel). I've gotten GRUB installed and working. My problem |
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> > >> comes in after what I believe is the init process: |
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> > >> |
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> > >> |
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> > >> Gentoo Linux; http://www.gentoo.org |
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> > >> |
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> > >> Copyright 1999-2009 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the |
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> > >> GPLv2 |
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> > >> |
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> > >> Press I to enter interactive boot mode |
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> > >> |
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> > >> * Mounting proc |
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> > >> at /proc ... [ |
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> > >> |
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> > >> ok ] |
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> > >> |
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> > >> * Mounting sysfs |
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> > >> at /sys ... [ |
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> > >> |
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> > >> ok ] |
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> > >> |
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> > >> * |
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> > >> Mounting /dev ... [ |
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> > >> |
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> > >> ok ] |
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> > >> |
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> > >> * Starting |
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> > >> udevd ... [ |
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> > >> |
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> > >> ok ] |
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> > >> |
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> > >> * Populating /dev with existing devices through |
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> > >> uevents ... [ |
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> > >> |
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> > >> ok ] |
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> > >> |
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> > >> * Waiting for uevents to be |
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> > >> processed ... [ |
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> > >> |
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> > >> ok ] |
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> > >> |
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> > >> * Mounting devpts |
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> > >> at /dev/pts ... [ |
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> > >> |
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> > >> ok ] |
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> > >> |
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> > >> * Checking root filesystem ... |
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> > >> |
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> > >> fsck.ext2: No such file or directory while trying to |
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> > >> open /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1: |
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> > >> The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct |
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> > >> ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains |
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> > >> an ext2 filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then |
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> > >> the superblock |
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> > >> |
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> > >> is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate |
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> superblock: |
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> > >> e2fsck -b 8193<device> |
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> > >> |
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> > >> * Filesystem couldn't be |
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> > >> fixed :( [ |
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> > >> |
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> > >> !! ] |
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> > >> Give root password for maintenance |
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> > >> (or type Control-D to continue): |
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> > >> |
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> > >> |
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> > >> If I give the root password, I can find no /dev/sda1. However, |
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> > >> mount shows /dev/sda1 on /, and there *is* a /sys/block/sda |
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> > >> folders, with a sda1 folder in that as well. It's almost like |
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> > >> it had /dev/sda1, but then lost it somehow. |
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> > >> |
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> > >> Does anyone have any idea what's going on here? Any help would |
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> > >> be appreciated. |
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> > > |
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> > > Have you seen http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page ? It's based on |
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> > > Gentoo, you could check what they did to boot from a usb stick. |
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> > > |
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> > > Br, |
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> > > Maciej Grela |
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> > |
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> > Excellent, thanks for that, I hadn't found it in my previous |
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> > searches. I'll have a look there. |
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> > |
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> > Jake Moe |
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> Had a similar issue a while ago when I was playing around with this |
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> myself. |
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> Take a look at the linux boot parameters. |
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> The 'theoretical' part is: You need to let the kernel initialize the |
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> USB-stick before trying to access it. (This can take some time) |
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> There is a delay-option, just can't remember the proper name off-hand. |
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> -- |
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> Joost |
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I've got USB booting working in a syslinux environment. A delay of 12 |
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seconds is working for me. The syslinux.cfg stanza I use is: |
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LABEL usb |
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KERNEL linux |
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APPEND rootdelay=12 root=/dev/sda2 |
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HTH, |
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David |