Re: [arch-general] linux-3.14.3-1 and FAT32 /boot partition mount fail
- Original Message - > Hello, > > After Linux kernel update my system can't boot properly because of > this > error: > > [FAILED] Failed to mount /boot > > Although it gives me opportunity to login as root. > When I try to mount it manually: > > mount: unknown filesystem type 'vfat' > > Kernel downgrade to 3.14.2-1 resolved this. So, did I miss something > or > it's a bug? > I have to use FAT32 for /boot because I have that UEFI thing. > > Regards, > > -- > *GPG Key ID:* D782DAB8 > Hi, I had this exact issue - I thought I had done something wrong. I booted into a live distro, chrooted to my root partition, mounted all the normal partitions, reinstalled the latest kernel package and it all started working again. I still have no idea what went wrong - the initrd image as originally built did not recognize vfat or xfs, but did recognize btrfs, and that was true for the fallback image as well. regards, -- David Moore Senior Software Engineer St. James Software Email: dav...@sjsoft.com
Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] initscripts changes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Bächler wrote: [snip] > >> Simple as in a technical standpoint, says that it should be mounted in >> fstab. Why? Because fstab is the place were filesystems that should be >> mounted on boot go. The damn thing is *made* for it. > > I already dropped the devpts idea, for different reasons than you may > think, but I dropped it. One of the reasons I stay subscribed to this list is so that I can learn more about my system. In that light, would you mind sharing with us why exactly you did drop the idea? I would really like to know. thanks, Dave Moore [snip] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkf7FdMACgkQOP+t1LlaoiHsTACfbBGGee901X6441XcO/bc4XXk oBMAn12wCxAcWTm+IGFcG7Nuwp3rp8mm =LT1l -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] initscripts changes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Bächler wrote: [snip] > There is in fact a valid reason why we should not hardcode devpts and I > am thinking of dropping the thought, but none of you even cared to bring > it up, instead you bitch about your weird principles, which you claim to > be Arch's principles, insulting developers and being an ass on the way. > I am following KISS and trying to make things simpler, while you want > to keep things more complicated, because you think that's what Arch is > about. > This is not KISS. KISS means keep what you're doing simple. Doing things manually in initscripts instead of somewhere which was designed to hold information of that nature is not simple, it is complicated. If the KISS philosophy meant "make it simpler for the user", Ubuntu would be the best KISS distro out there at the moment and Arch would be aspiring to be like Ubuntu. Although there is nothing wrong with Ubuntu, I hope we can all agree that is not what we want Arch to be. Dave Moore -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkf6JEcACgkQOP+t1LlaoiFgcACgggtHN4UcXSOL/6/wnb6qwcgM 8uoAoLOyVl28te6fs/XAf24iuloaMWve =LrLl -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [arch-general] problem compiling for i586 with new makepkg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Travis Willard wrote: > On Dec 17, 2007 4:22 AM, Karolina Lindqvist > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> SUGGESTION 1: >> Have a central repository for all the source files needed by archlinux, and >> modify makepkg so that when the source cannot be found on the original place, >> it is gotten from this backup repository. That way makepkg will always work >> on a package. >> >> SUGGESTION 2: >> Have a spider that goes through the abs tree, and check if every source file >> is available. When a source is found missing on its original place, an email >> is sent to the respective developer for action. Until he fixes the problem, >> the backup source file repository will provide the source. > > We've actually discussed hosting the sources somewhere on our own > servers, but nothing has come of it yet. > It's worth plugging a reminder that Arch's failure to do this so far is a violation of the GPL for all GPL-licensed packages. This should be implemented as soon as possible. David Moore -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHZmvaOP+t1LlaoiERAmlIAJ485rS0l/D+jSYm8Qa0K8oV6KqUTwCdGy6L nn+VI0yfHoDnKlYViex9Ff8= =v/1S -END PGP SIGNATURE-
