2013/8/27 Francisco Ares <fra...@gmail.com> > > 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 >
In the grub console, prior to boot, I was able to mount any partition using commands like: root=(hd0,msdos5) and then listing the directory tree structure with " ls / " gave the expected results. Francisco
