2013/8/27 Francisco Ares <fra...@gmail.com> > > 2013/8/27 Michael Hampicke <m...@hadt.biz> > >> Am 26.08.2013 20:11, schrieb Francisco Ares: >> > Hi, Michael, thanks for you reply. >> > >> > Please forgive me for not having mentioned grub2-mkconfig and >> > grub2-install. The mentioned grub.cfg was a sample from a working >> system, >> > with legacy grub:0, from which I have recovered parts of the kernel >> command >> > line parameters. >> > >> > After "genkernel" finished to build the kernel, I've issued: >> > >> > grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg >> > grub2-install /dev/sda >> > >> > Sorry for this. >> > Francisco >> On a failed boot, can you reach the rescue system from the initramfs? >> (The message is something like "enter password for rescue or ctrl+d) If >> so, are you able mount your actual root partiton (sda5) manually? >> >> > No, unfortunately. But I am able to use the grub console prior to boot. > > By doing so, I have listed the command about to be used to boot the first > entry in the grub menu, it installs some modules. In regard of file > systems, it only loads a ext2 module, and the root partition is ext4 > formated. > > Although this kernel has ext2, ext3 and ext4 built in (not modules), can > this be a cue? Right now I am preparing to format the root partition as > ext2, just to check this out. > > Thanks again > Francisco > > It didn't work, so I suppose the embedded ext2, ext3 and ext4 in the kernel is not the issue, and might be working. Going to explore the grub console now.
Thanks Francisco
