On 07/15/2014 06:38 PM, Gmail wrote:
> My /usr partition in on the / partition.
>
> I just use initrd, i've compiled kernel with genkernel.
>
> I'm trying to look row for row if there's some diff.
>
>
> Il 15/07/2014 17:34, Alexander Kapshuk ha scritto:
>> On 07/14/2014 05:18 PM, Gmail wrote:
>>> Hi, i've upgraded kernel from 3.12.13 to 3.12.20.
>>> I've make a oldconfig as usual, but with new kernel the boot blocks
>>> at the begining to the ramdisk loading.
>>> I've tried with other 3.12.2x with the same negative results.
>>> I use grub2 with systemd.
>>>
>> Is your '/usr' partition housed on a filesystem of its own, or does
>> it reside on the '/' partition?
>>
>> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Initramfs/HOWTO
>> "For systems where all necessary files and tools reside on the same
>> file system, the |init| application can perfectly control the further
>> boot process. But when multiple file systems are defined (or more
>> exotic installations are done), this might become a bit more tricky:
>>
>> * When the /usr partition is on a separate file system, tools and
>> drivers that have files stored within /usr cannot be used unless
>> /usr is available. If those tools are needed to make /usr
>> available, then we cannot boot up the system.
>>
>> * If the root file system is encrypted, then the Linux kernel will
>> not be able to find the |init| application, resulting in an
>> unbootable system.
>>
>> The solution for this problem has since long been to use an /initrd/
>> (initial root device)."
>>
>> Did you run a diff on your 3.12.13/.config and 3.12.13/.config, to
>> make sure you didn't overlook anything to do with the systemd-related
>> config options?
>>
>>
>
Googling for 'gentoo linux kernel gets stuck at ramdisk loading',
returned the following gentoo specific results. See if that helps pin
down the problem:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-912622-start-0.html
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7552928.html
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-989210.html
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7179048.html
