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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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> 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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> ... |
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>>>Loading modules |
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> /init: 172: touch: not found |
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> /init: 172: cat: not found |
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> /init: 172: sed: not found |
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> ... |
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>>>Activating udev |
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> /init: 178: mkdir: not found |
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> /sbin/udevstart: not found |
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> -=*something about not being able to mount root partition*=- |
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> (boot):: |
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FOr the initrd/initramfs in >=genkernel-3.2 you need CONFIG_FEATURE_INSTALLER enabled in the busybox config. You'll have to build a new busybox unless you want to use an older version of genkernel. |
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For most people the initrd isn't required anyways. Are you just using it for splash? I think you can bypass the initrd in that case: |
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root (hd0,0) |
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kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r4n |
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root=/dev/hda11 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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Zac |
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