On Thursday, April 23, 2015 07:21:12 PM Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > On 23.04.2015 18:57, james wrote: > > Stefan G. Weichinger <lists <at> xunil.at> writes: > >> On 23.04.2015 17:43, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > >>> I will see if I get that figured out ... got to get the kernel-options > >>> and dracut modules right. > >> > >> first try started booting but couldn't mount rootfs ... and now the box > >> hangs there and I can't press the power button (only PS/2 attached > >> keyboard/mouse) > >> > >> got to wait for the folks there to come to work tmrw > > > > There are methods to get the console terminal session, remotely. > > One, is called "netconsole" [1]. I use to use this sort of thing > > decades ago. How it is currently supported and the associated codes > > (ssh) to use it remotely, I have not kept up with. Some headless embedded > > system still use this sort of thing; with holes punched in the > > routers/firewalls..... > > > > I've also heard of folks setting up a serial console over serial-2-usb > > converter, like ftdi, and then making a terminal session connection > > form a remote cell phone to another cell phone, to tunnel an ascii > > terminal session. I've never done this, but I'd be really curious how > > somebody makes that sort of 9600 baud terminal connection to a remote > > router or server, via a serial/console port.... using cell phones > > as modems. > > Thanks for the hint but for now I have to wait. > > When I think about I have to add several kernel-options to menu.lst: > > dracut has to assemble /dev/md3 at first (this is the single PV in the > VG VG01) > > and /dev/VG01/genroot then is the filesystem with the new gentoo-rootfs > > I only added stuff like rd.md=1 etc ... I think I got the assembling > wrong. And maybe even the root= option.
This is one of the reasons why I have given up on genkernel and dracut for initramfs creation and now simply build my own and have it integrated into the kernel: $ zcat /proc/config.gz | grep INITRAMFS_SOURCE CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="/usr/src/initramfs/config" If you're interested I will send you the required files. > We will see tmrw if I get in early from other jobs. Good luck :) -- Joost
