On May 29, 2017 14:51, "Kai Krakow" <hurikha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Am Mon, 29 May 2017 08:09:02 -0300 > schrieb Raphael MD <raph...@gmail.com>: > > > I'm trying to install Gentoo in my notebook, but kernel, during the > > boot, do not find the root partition. > > > > I'm using UEFI boot, I've tried Genkernel, I've checked XFS's support > > in kernel's menuconfig and re-cheked GRUB config files, but is a > > pain, do not work. > > > > I've installed Funtoo with Debian Kernel first, but Funtoo KDE's > > ebuild was pointing to a invalid URL and I've switched to Gentoo and > > now I'm suffering this problem to boot. > > > > Have anyone some information, about this Kernel's boot didn't finding > > root partition? Is better configure kernel without Genkernel? I need > > to pass some commands to Kernel via GRUB? > > > > PS.: Appear to be very simple configure UEFI, because I'm using > > Refind and it was working with Funtoo, and I realized this problem is > > with gentoo kernel's config, but I do not know where I need to config. > > > > Any suggestions? > > For UEFI boot the best way is to install the kernel to the ESP, > especially if it is directly loaded by EFI. Which exact message do you > see? It is not clear if the kernel already booted and just cannot find > the rootfs, or if even the kernel cannot load. > > I don't know reFind, but some EFI loaders like gummiboot / systemd-boot > expect the kernel to have an EFI stub because the kernel is > chain-loaded through EFI... > > So we need to know a few things: > > 1. partition layout > 2. kernel cmdline > 3. boot-loader config > 4. exact error message on screen > > > -- > Regards, > Kai > > Replies to list-only preferred. > >
1. partition layout /dev/sda1 vfat boot /dev/sda3 xfs root /dev/sda2 swap > 2. kernel cmdline None > 3. boot-loader config Grub, without any different config. > 4. exact error message on screen Kernel boot up, start to load drivers and stop asking for root partition.
