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From: Francisco Ares <frares@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] grub2 or kernel config - unable to properly boot
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:29:47
Message-Id: CAHH9eM58Sug2FteeHRdJi2bfORGLJn+6gUyg+BwEVJQ4LcWq2w@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] grub2 or kernel config - unable to properly boot by Francisco Ares
1 2013/8/27 Francisco Ares <frares@×××××.com>
2
3 >
4 > 2013/8/27 Michael Hampicke <mh@××××.biz>
5 >
6 >> Am 26.08.2013 20:11, schrieb Francisco Ares:
7 >> > Hi, Michael, thanks for you reply.
8 >> >
9 >> > Please forgive me for not having mentioned grub2-mkconfig and
10 >> > grub2-install. The mentioned grub.cfg was a sample from a working
11 >> system,
12 >> > with legacy grub:0, from which I have recovered parts of the kernel
13 >> command
14 >> > line parameters.
15 >> >
16 >> > After "genkernel" finished to build the kernel, I've issued:
17 >> >
18 >> > grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
19 >> > grub2-install /dev/sda
20 >> >
21 >> > Sorry for this.
22 >> > Francisco
23 >> On a failed boot, can you reach the rescue system from the initramfs?
24 >> (The message is something like "enter password for rescue or ctrl+d) If
25 >> so, are you able mount your actual root partiton (sda5) manually?
26 >>
27 >>
28 > No, unfortunately. But I am able to use the grub console prior to boot.
29 >
30 > By doing so, I have listed the command about to be used to boot the first
31 > entry in the grub menu, it installs some modules. In regard of file
32 > systems, it only loads a ext2 module, and the root partition is ext4
33 > formated.
34 >
35 > Although this kernel has ext2, ext3 and ext4 built in (not modules), can
36 > this be a cue? Right now I am preparing to format the root partition as
37 > ext2, just to check this out.
38 >
39 > Thanks again
40 > Francisco
41 >
42 >
43 It didn't work, so I suppose the embedded ext2, ext3 and ext4 in the kernel
44 is not the issue, and might be working. Going to explore the grub console
45 now.
46
47 Thanks
48 Francisco

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