On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 11:38:03 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: > > # cat /boot/loader/entries/30-gentoo-5.7.1.conf > > title Gentoo Linux 5.7.1 > > linux /vmlinuz-5.7.1-gentoo > > options root=/dev/nvme0n1p4 initrd=/intel-uc.img net.ifnames=0 > > raid=noautodetect > > > > That file hasn't changed, other than the kernel version. > > > > On booting with that setup, I got an error immediately (from the UEFI > > BIOS, I assume) complaining of an invalid parameter. A few seconds > > later the kernel panicked because it couldn't find the root device. > > Can you have your initrd launch a shell? I'm not sure if the > nomenclature for the root device has changed. It is also possible > you're missing some kernel option needed (maybe an NVME option got > renamed and you answered the new option No?). > > If it is running the initrd then you probably can get it to launch a > shell and then you can poke around and see what it is doing.
That's not an initrd with a shell though, it's just the intel microcode update. You would need an additional dracut (or similar) generated initrd to do what you suggest. -- Neil Bothwick I am McCoy of Bo...Damnit! I'm a doctor, not a collective!
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