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Dmitry S. Makovey wrote: |
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>I recently updated portage tree & kernel and using usual |
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>genkernel --menuconfig --save-config all |
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>produced unbootable system :( |
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>Symptoms point most probably to udev being used by default etc. Here's |
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>what I have in grub.conf: |
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>title Gentoo linux (updated) |
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> root (hd0,0) |
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> kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r4n root=/dev/ram0 |
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>real_root=/dev/hda11 init=/linuxrc video=vesafb:1024x768-32@72 |
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>splash=verbose gentoo=nodevfs udev devfs=nomount |
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> initrd /initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r4n |
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>I've tried to follow those: |
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>http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml |
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>http://webpages.charter.net/decibelshelp/LinuxHelp_UDEVPrimer.html |
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>http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Migrate_to_UDEV |
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>http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-FAQ |
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>But it doesn't look like it applies to my case or maybe I jumped too |
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>far ahead and udev is not fully supported yet? |
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Well, udev is most definitly supported, since as of 2.6.12 devfs has |
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been officially "removed" from the kernel. Ok, technically only the |
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config option was removed, but you can expect that 2.6.13 will be |
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released without any devfs at all. |
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>Here's what I get booting (I'm writing it from memory mostly so don't |
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>think it's exact output): |
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>-install: applet not found |
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>/init: 41: ln: not found |
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>/init: 45: cat: not found |
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It looks to me like your /initramfs is completely screwed. Whatever |
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created that missed copying a bunch of necessary utilities (or more |
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likely, a dependant library) to the /initramfs. The "/init" messages |
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you see are almost certainly from the "/init" script in the initramfs. |
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Every line indicates it went to run a command, and either the command or |
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a library wasn't found. |
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I'm with Aj here...you need to skip genkernel and configure a kernel |
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from scratch. Compile everything you need to boot (disk drivers, root |
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filesystem driver, etc) into the kernel statically (not as a module!). |
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Then get rid of the "initrd" line in grub, lose the real_root=, init=, |
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splash=, gentoo=, and devfs= options on the kernel command line, and |
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change the "root=" option to "root=/dev/hda11". |
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What a freakin' mess! |
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-Richard |
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