Re: [gentoo-user] UEFI system - installing Grub without EFI

2020-12-11 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 12 December 2020 03:28:35 CET, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >I was trying to check VFAT boot partition on my disk with Gparted but >it >failed. Root partition checked OK. > >Can I format the VFAT to EXT2 and install grub on it without EFI? > >There is a possibility VFAT partition got

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck.fat 4.1 - File system couldn't be fixed

2020-12-11 Thread Dan Egli
Actually, you have an error or two below. On 12/11/2020 6:16 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: No, I did not reformat the /boot partition. I just cd to /boot and run: rm -r * Probably better to wipe the file system. But you talk about moving away from EFI in another thread, so we'll just say

Re: [gentoo-user] UEFI system - installing Grub without EFI

2020-12-11 Thread Dan Egli
As long as your system is set to use legacy/bios mode instead of EFI then I don't see why not. On 12/11/2020 7:28 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: I was trying to check VFAT boot partition on my disk with Gparted but it failed. Root partition checked OK. Can I format the VFAT to EXT2 and

Re: [gentoo-user] switching from "refine" to "grub"

2020-12-11 Thread Dan Egli
I can not say for certain, but I imagine it would be something like this: emerge -c refine rm  -rf  rm -rf /boot/refine GRUB_TARGET="x86_64-efi" emerge grub grub-install --efi-directory= --target=x86_64-efi grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg Of course you really should put the GRUB_TARGET

[gentoo-user] UEFI system - installing Grub without EFI

2020-12-11 Thread thelma
I was trying to check VFAT boot partition on my disk with Gparted but it failed. Root partition checked OK. Can I format the VFAT to EXT2 and install grub on it without EFI? There is a possibility VFAT partition got damaged.

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck.fat 4.1 - File system couldn't be fixed

2020-12-11 Thread thelma
On 12/11/2020 04:50 PM, Michael wrote: > On Friday, 11 December 2020 22:29:12 GMT the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> On 12/11/2020 03:06 PM, Jack wrote: >>> On 12/11/20 4:36 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: I wipe the /boot, reinstall kernel, initframes, grub. The system boots, I can

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck.fat 4.1 - File system couldn't be fixed

2020-12-11 Thread Michael
On Friday, 11 December 2020 22:29:12 GMT the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 12/11/2020 03:06 PM, Jack wrote: > > On 12/11/20 4:36 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > >> I wipe the /boot, reinstall kernel, initframes, grub. > >> The system boots, I can login as root but X is not running, > >> the

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck.fat 4.1 - File system couldn't be fixed

2020-12-11 Thread thelma
On 12/11/2020 03:06 PM, Jack wrote: > On 12/11/20 4:36 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> I wipe the /boot, reinstall kernel, initframes, grub. >> The system boots, I can login as root but X is not running, >> the command is displaying:  "(none) /#" >> >> When I try to start the network I get:

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck.fat 4.1 - File system couldn't be fixed

2020-12-11 Thread Jack
On 12/11/20 4:36 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: I wipe the /boot, reinstall kernel, initframes, grub. The system boots, I can login as root but X is not running, the command is displaying: "(none) /#" When I try to start the network I get: fsck.fat 4.1 (2017-01-24) open: no such file or

[gentoo-user] fsck.fat 4.1 - File system couldn't be fixed

2020-12-11 Thread thelma
I wipe the /boot, reinstall kernel, initframes, grub. The system boots, I can login as root but X is not running, the command is displaying: "(none) /#" When I try to start the network I get: fsck.fat 4.1 (2017-01-24) open: no such file or directory Filesystems couldn't be fixed ERROR: fsck

Re: [gentoo-user] Gobbledegook error message from emerge.

2020-12-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 18:08:55 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > I got back a horrendously long list of packages to merge (most of them > re-merges), followed by: > > emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy >

Re: [gentoo-user] system won't boot - --no-bootloader set; Skipping bootloader update ...

2020-12-11 Thread Michael
On Friday, 11 December 2020 18:56:19 GMT the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 12/11/2020 11:39 AM, Michael wrote: > > On Friday, 11 December 2020 18:24:27 GMT the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > >> On 12/11/2020 10:45 AM, Michael wrote: > >>> On Friday, 11 December 2020 16:42:08 GMT tedheadster wrote: >

Re: [gentoo-user] Gobbledegook error message from emerge.

2020-12-11 Thread Michael
On Friday, 11 December 2020 18:08:55 GMT Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Gentoo. > > I'm angry, because I've wasted several hours trying to decypher a wholly > unintuitive error "message" from emerge. Because of this, it's been too > long since I've been able to update. Help, please! I feel

Re: [gentoo-user] Gobbledegook error message from emerge.

2020-12-11 Thread John Covici
On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 13:08:55 -0500, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Gentoo. > > I'm angry, because I've wasted several hours trying to decypher a wholly > unintuitive error "message" from emerge. Because of this, it's been too > long since I've been able to update. Help, please! > > The

Re: [gentoo-user] Gobbledegook error message from emerge.

2020-12-11 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 11:09 AM Alan Mackenzie wrote: > (dependency required by "dev-vcs/bzr-2.7.0::gentoo" [installed]) > (dependency required by "@selected" [set]) > (dependency required by "@world" [argument]) So I'm totally guessing here but as you have no other responses yet: I'd start

Re: [gentoo-user] system won't boot - --no-bootloader set; Skipping bootloader update ...

2020-12-11 Thread thelma
On 12/11/2020 11:39 AM, Michael wrote: > On Friday, 11 December 2020 18:24:27 GMT the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> On 12/11/2020 10:45 AM, Michael wrote: >>> On Friday, 11 December 2020 16:42:08 GMT tedheadster wrote: On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 9:27 AM wrote: > On 12/11/2020 07:07 AM,

Re: [gentoo-user] system won't boot - --no-bootloader set; Skipping bootloader update ...

2020-12-11 Thread Michael
On Friday, 11 December 2020 18:24:27 GMT the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 12/11/2020 10:45 AM, Michael wrote: > > On Friday, 11 December 2020 16:42:08 GMT tedheadster wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 9:27 AM wrote: > >>> On 12/11/2020 07:07 AM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > Now, when

Re: [gentoo-user] system won't boot - --no-bootloader set; Skipping bootloader update ...

2020-12-11 Thread thelma
On 12/11/2020 10:45 AM, Michael wrote: > On Friday, 11 December 2020 16:42:08 GMT tedheadster wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 9:27 AM wrote: >>> On 12/11/2020 07:07 AM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: Now, when I boot I get a message: Block device

Re: [gentoo-user] system won't boot - --no-bootloader set; Skipping bootloader update ...

2020-12-11 Thread thelma
On 12/11/2020 10:45 AM, Michael wrote: > On Friday, 11 December 2020 16:42:08 GMT tedheadster wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 9:27 AM wrote: >>> On 12/11/2020 07:07 AM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: Now, when I boot I get a message: Block device

[gentoo-user] Gobbledegook error message from emerge.

2020-12-11 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Gentoo. I'm angry, because I've wasted several hours trying to decypher a wholly unintuitive error "message" from emerge. Because of this, it's been too long since I've been able to update. Help, please! The command I typed in was # time emerge -auND @world. I got back a

Re: [gentoo-user] system won't boot - --no-bootloader set; Skipping bootloader update ...

2020-12-11 Thread Michael
On Friday, 11 December 2020 16:42:08 GMT tedheadster wrote: > On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 9:27 AM wrote: > > On 12/11/2020 07:07 AM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > > > Now, when I boot I get a message: > > > > > > Block device UUID=d32946b3-2236-4998-80dd-68b7d78e0c7b is not a valid > > > root

[gentoo-user] Re: preventing PC sutdown by power button when running

2020-12-11 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2020-12-11, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2020-12-11, Jack wrote: >> On 12/10/20 11:20 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>> How to prevent PC from shutdown when running when power button is pressed? >>> Is it a function in a BIOS or OS? > >> You could always unplug the wire from the power button

Re: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-11 Thread antlists
On 10/12/2020 21:18, n952162 wrote: On 12/10/20 7:18 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 10:23 AM n952162 wrote: I need a new mainboard.  What will happen if I boot my existing system on it? Is the CPU going to be the same?  The responses already cover the mainboard itself well. 

Re: [gentoo-user] system won't boot - --no-bootloader set; Skipping bootloader update ...

2020-12-11 Thread tedheadster
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 9:27 AM wrote: > On 12/11/2020 07:07 AM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > > Now, when I boot I get a message: > > > > Block device UUID=d32946b3-2236-4998-80dd-68b7d78e0c7b is not a valid > > root device. > > This puzzles me. I cannot find the string "is not a valid root

[gentoo-user] Re: preventing PC sutdown by power button when running

2020-12-11 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2020-12-11, Jack wrote: > On 12/10/20 11:20 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> How to prevent PC from shutdown when running when power button is pressed? >> Is it a function in a BIOS or OS? > You could always unplug the wire from the power button to the motherboard. That seems like the

Re: [gentoo-user] preventing PC sutdown by power button when running

2020-12-11 Thread Dale
Jack wrote: > On 12/10/20 11:20 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> How to prevent PC from shutdown when running when power button is >> pressed? >> Is it a function in a BIOS or OS? > You could always unplug the wire from the power button to the > motherboard. > > I've also seen where people

[gentoo-user] switching from "refine" to "grub"

2020-12-11 Thread thelma
I use refine as boot loader but it is giving me a problems. How to switch back to grub 2 And remove any refine files from /boot

Re: [gentoo-user] preventing PC sutdown by power button when running

2020-12-11 Thread Jack
On 12/10/20 11:20 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: How to prevent PC from shutdown when running when power button is pressed? Is it a function in a BIOS or OS? You could always unplug the wire from the power button to the motherboard.

Re: [gentoo-user] system won't boot - --no-bootloader set; Skipping bootloader update ...

2020-12-11 Thread thelma
On 12/11/2020 07:07 AM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: [snip] >>> >>> I bootstrap the PC and run:  genkernel --menuconfig all >>> and finish compiling, and I get a message: >>> - >>> * Kernel compiled successfully! >>> * >>> * --no-bootloader set; Skipping bootloader update ... >>> *

Re: [gentoo-user] system won't boot - --no-bootloader set; Skipping bootloader update ...

2020-12-11 Thread thelma
On 12/11/2020 03:15 AM, Dan Egli wrote: > you didn't specify grub2 on the command line or (my preference) in > /etc/genkernel.conf. So genkernel assumes you don't want it to fix your > boot loader. If the kernel and ramdisk are all built, you can fix grub's > config with grub-mkconfig -o

Re: [gentoo-user] preventing PC sutdown by power button when running

2020-12-11 Thread thelma
On 12/11/2020 04:54 AM, tastytea wrote: > On 2020-12-10 23:56-0700 Grant Taylor > wrote: > >> On 12/10/20 9:20 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>> How to prevent PC from shutdown when running when power button is >>> pressed? Is it a function in a BIOS or OS? >> >> Press and release, in less

Re: [gentoo-user] preventing PC sutdown by power button when running

2020-12-11 Thread tastytea
On 2020-12-10 23:56-0700 Grant Taylor wrote: > On 12/10/20 9:20 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > > How to prevent PC from shutdown when running when power button is > > pressed? Is it a function in a BIOS or OS? > > Press and release, in less than four seconds, is the OS. Four > seconds

Re: [gentoo-user] system won't boot - --no-bootloader set; Skipping bootloader update ...

2020-12-11 Thread thelma
On 12/11/2020 03:15 AM, Dan Egli wrote: > you didn't specify grub2 on the command line or (my preference) in > /etc/genkernel.conf. So genkernel assumes you don't want it to fix your > boot loader. If the kernel and ramdisk are all built, you can fix grub's > config with grub-mkconfig -o

Re: [gentoo-user] system won't boot - --no-bootloader set; Skipping bootloader update ...

2020-12-11 Thread Dan Egli
you didn't specify grub2 on the command line or (my preference) in /etc/genkernel.conf. So genkernel assumes you don't want it to fix your boot loader. If the kernel and ramdisk are all built, you can fix grub's config with grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg. For future kernel builds, read