Dmitry S. Makovey wrote: > I recently updated portage tree & kernel and using usual > > genkernel --menuconfig --save-config all > > produced unbootable system :( > Symptoms point most probably to udev being used by default etc. Here's > what I have in grub.conf: > > title Gentoo linux (updated) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r4n root=/dev/ram0 > real_root=/dev/hda11 init=/linuxrc video=vesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > splash=verbose gentoo=nodevfs udev devfs=nomount > initrd /initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r4n > > > I've tried to follow those: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml > http://webpages.charter.net/decibelshelp/LinuxHelp_UDEVPrimer.html > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Migrate_to_UDEV > http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-FAQ > > But it doesn't look like it applies to my case or maybe I jumped too > far ahead and udev is not fully supported yet? > > Here's what I get booting (I'm writing it from memory mostly so don't > think it's exact output): > > -install: applet not found > /init: 41: ln: not found > /init: 45: cat: not found > ... > >>>Loading modules > > /init: 172: touch: not found > /init: 172: cat: not found > /init: 172: sed: not found > ... > >>>Activating udev > > /init: 178: mkdir: not found > /sbin/udevstart: not found > -=*something about not being able to mount root partition*=- > (boot):: >
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. 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: root (hd0,0) kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r4n root=/dev/hda11 video=vesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=verbose gentoo=nodevfs udev devfs=nomount initrd /initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r4n Zac -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
