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Em 18/08/2011 16:17, frares@×××××.com escreveu: |
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> Em 18/08/2011 16:13, Michael Mol mikemol@×××××.com> escreveu: |
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> > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 2:59 PM, frares@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > Hi, guys |
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> > > It is a shame, I know, but after several years using Gentoo, it is |
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> the first time I try to build a kernel without "genkernel". |
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> > > |
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> > > And now I can't boot to that new kernel, it does not find (and really |
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> do not have a) /dev/sda* root partition ("real-root"); during the boot it |
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> stops, complaining about that, gives me the option to get a shell, from |
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> which I am able to see that there is no /dev/sda* . |
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> > > |
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> > > I have included everything SATA, so it looks like that is not a |
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> kernel problem, but a initramfs issue, I guess. |
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> > |
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> > If you've got a SATA controller, no frills, then all you *really* need |
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> > is AHCI. Build that into your kernel if you're worried about having |
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> > the right modules in initramfs. You can break it out into a module |
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> > later if you like. Opinions differ as to how much stuff should be |
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> > broken into modules vs being built-in to the kernel. I tend to build |
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> > in everything absolutely needed for boot, myself. Some people build in |
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> > just about everything, and some people build in almost nothing. |
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> > There's no "right" way for every use case. |
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> > |
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> > Also, check your BIOS to see if it's running your SATA controller in |
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> > some kind of IDE emulation mode. If it is, disable that. (Some |
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> > motherboards let you choose between "IDE" and "RAID", where "RAID" is |
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> > AHCI mode. Others call IDE mode 'legacy', and still others might |
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> > actually call the AHCI mode 'AHCI') |
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> > |
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> > Motherboards running SATA controllers in IDE emulation mode is an |
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> > incredibly common thing: |
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> > |
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> > 17:18 beh |
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> > 17:18 hda1 turned into sda1 |
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> > 17:19 IRule: Turn SCSI-generic support, or did you |
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> > switch from legacy to AHCI in your BIOS? |
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> > 17:20 shortcircuit: quiet, you |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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> > |
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> > :wq |
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> > |
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> Thanks, gonna try it. |
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> Francisco |
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Forgot to say: I am able to boot the LiveCD and chroot to that partition. |
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Now checking the kernel configuration, there's only SATA_ACARD_AHCI set up |
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as a module, everything else AHCI is included in the kernel. |
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Thanks anyway |
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Francisco |
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