[gentoo-dev] boot says I didn't compile DEVFS support

[gentoo-dev] boot says I didn't compile DEVFS support

[Brian Jones]

Hi all.
I know this makes me look like a total moron.  Please
excuse my ignorance (I'm doing this in the hopes of
becoming less ignorant- guess it's not really working)
:)

I'm using rc6-r14 on a very simple hardware platform
(400 Celeron, Winbond, intel, ATI, all stuff that's
been supported in linux for 3-4 years now) :)

I followed all of the steps in the install guide, and
everything worked pretty much as I had hoped.  The
little glitches that came up I was able to come up
with solutions for, and everything acted pretty normal
after (the big one was that I didn't have the 'passwd'
or 'grub' commands, so I reran emerge system and
updated all my stuff).

I compiled a new kernel using menuconfig, but didn't
see any options that explicitly said 'Device File
System'.  I did some reading about devfs to see if it
was used for anything the kernel I made didn't
support.  It's used for UNIX PTYs, but I have that in
there.  I had everything enabled and BUILT IN that I
could figure out belonged there.  I also compiled the
Virtual File System stuff in there.  Can anyone tell
direct me to the menu entry I missed?  I'm using
kernel 2.4.16, which I got using the emerge kernel
sources command (don't remember it verbatim off the
top of my head).

My grub install went well and the grub screen came up
fine.  My menu.lst just has the basic timeout, root=
and stuff.  After the first boot, I added
'gentoo=nodevfs' to it - which I must admit I don't
understand - what is the label 'gentoo' a pointer to? 


Anyway, I think I got everything going really well,
but unfortunately I can't boot properly so I'm
wondering if there's something I missed, and how this
might be fixed.

I appreciate any pointers in the right direction.
Thanks,
njcajun


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Re: [gentoo-dev] boot says I didn't compile DEVFS support

[Jano Lukac]

Brian Jones said:
> Hi all.

Hi

<snip>
> I did some reading about devfs to see if it
> was used for anything the kernel I made didn't
> support.  It's used for UNIX PTYs, but I have that in
> there.  I had everything enabled and BUILT IN that I
> could figure out belonged there.  I also compiled the
> Virtual File System stuff in there.  Can anyone tell
> direct me to the menu entry I missed?

Sure.. in menuconfig, go to filesystems, and build in "/dev file system
support"  It's right below /proc filesystem support and above /dev/pts
filesystem support.  DO NOT select the "Automatically mount at boot"
options!

> My grub install went well and the grub screen came up
> fine.  My menu.lst just has the basic timeout, root=
> and stuff.  After the first boot, I added
> 'gentoo=nodevfs' to it - which I must admit I don't
> understand - what is the label 'gentoo' a pointer to?

Uhh.... not sure about this.  There is a way to disable devfs at boot, but
i don't remember how.  Maybe something like devfs=disable or devfs=nodevfs
or just nodevfs.

>
>
> Anyway, I think I got everything going really well,
> but unfortunately I can't boot properly so I'm
> wondering if there's something I missed, and how this
> might be fixed.
>
> I appreciate any pointers in the right direction.
> Thanks,
> njcajun
>
>
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Re: [gentoo-dev] boot says I didn't compile DEVFS support

[Brian Jones]

It's not there!  UGH!

My file system section has '/dev/pty' support, then
'/proc' support, but no '/dev file system support'!!!

Did I do something wrong? Is this due to some change
in the 2.4.16 config?  Was I supposed to add a patch
before I config'ed?

Thanks for the help
--- Jano Lukac <jano@portablehole.net> wrote:
> Brian Jones said:
> > Hi all.
> 
> Hi
> 
> <snip>
> > I did some reading about devfs to see if it
> > was used for anything the kernel I made didn't
> > support.  It's used for UNIX PTYs, but I have that
> in
> > there.  I had everything enabled and BUILT IN that
> I
> > could figure out belonged there.  I also compiled
> the
> > Virtual File System stuff in there.  Can anyone
> tell
> > direct me to the menu entry I missed?
> 
> Sure.. in menuconfig, go to filesystems, and build
> in "/dev file system
> support"  It's right below /proc filesystem support
> and above /dev/pts
> filesystem support.  DO NOT select the
> "Automatically mount at boot"
> options!
> 
> > My grub install went well and the grub screen came
> up
> > fine.  My menu.lst just has the basic timeout,
> root=
> > and stuff.  After the first boot, I added
> > 'gentoo=nodevfs' to it - which I must admit I
> don't
> > understand - what is the label 'gentoo' a pointer
> to?
> 
> Uhh.... not sure about this.  There is a way to
> disable devfs at boot, but
> i don't remember how.  Maybe something like
> devfs=disable or devfs=nodevfs
> or just nodevfs.
> 
> >
> >
> > Anyway, I think I got everything going really
> well,
> > but unfortunately I can't boot properly so I'm
> > wondering if there's something I missed, and how
> this
> > might be fixed.
> >
> > I appreciate any pointers in the right direction.
> > Thanks,
> > njcajun
> >
> >
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Re: [gentoo-dev] boot says I didn't compile DEVFS support

[Brent Cook]

> <snip>
> > I did some reading about devfs to see if it
> > was used for anything the kernel I made didn't
> > support.  It's used for UNIX PTYs, but I have that in
> > there.  I had everything enabled and BUILT IN that I
> > could figure out belonged there.  I also compiled the
> > Virtual File System stuff in there.  Can anyone tell
> > direct me to the menu entry I missed?
>
> Sure.. in menuconfig, go to filesystems, and build in "/dev file system
> support"  It's right below /proc filesystem support and above /dev/pts
> filesystem support.  DO NOT select the "Automatically mount at boot"
> options!

I had this same problem at first. The devfs option does not appear unless
you have selected "Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers"
under the Code maturity level options menu. Perhaps this should be
mentioned somewhere in the docs?

 - Brent

Re: [gentoo-dev] boot says I didn't compile DEVFS support

[Jano Lukac]

Brent Cook said:

>> Sure.. in menuconfig, go to filesystems, and build in "/dev file
>> system support"  It's right below /proc filesystem support and above
>> /dev/pts filesystem support.  DO NOT select the "Automatically mount
>> at boot" options!
>
> I had this same problem at first. The devfs option does not appear
> unless you have selected "Prompt for development and/or incomplete
> code/drivers" under the Code maturity level options menu. Perhaps this
> should be mentioned somewhere in the docs?

I thought it was a given to set the experimental flag! :D :P :)

Re: [gentoo-dev] boot says I didn't compile DEVFS support

[Brian Jones]

I got it to boot.  Now I have a whole world of other
issues.

Even though everything worked when I booted from the
cd and mounted manually (eth0, rw to disk) I can't get
eth0 up,(no such device?!) and I can't write ANYTHING
to disk (Read only filesystem!?) WTF? 

Well, guess I'll learn.  I'll post a list of issues in
another mail ASAP.
/njcajun
--- Jano Lukac <jano@portablehole.net> wrote:
> Brent Cook said:
> 
> >> Sure.. in menuconfig, go to filesystems, and
> build in "/dev file
> >> system support"  It's right below /proc
> filesystem support and above
> >> /dev/pts filesystem support.  DO NOT select the
> "Automatically mount
> >> at boot" options!
> >
> > I had this same problem at first. The devfs option
> does not appear
> > unless you have selected "Prompt for development
> and/or incomplete
> > code/drivers" under the Code maturity level
> options menu. Perhaps this
> > should be mentioned somewhere in the docs?
> 
> I thought it was a given to set the experimental
> flag! :D :P :)
> 
> 
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Re: [gentoo-dev] boot says I didn't compile DEVFS support

[Martin Schlemmer]

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On Sun, 2002-01-13 at 21:12, Brian Jones wrote:
> I got it to boot.  Now I have a whole world of other
> issues.
> 
> Even though everything worked when I booted from the
> cd and mounted manually (eth0, rw to disk) I can't get
> eth0 up,(no such device?!) and I can't write ANYTHING
> to disk (Read only filesystem!?) WTF? 
> 

Hmm .. check /etc/fstab

-- 

Martin Schlemmer
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Developer
Cape Town, South Africa


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Re: [gentoo-dev] boot says I didn't compile DEVFS support

[Jared H. Hudson]

> eth0 up,(no such device?!) and I can't write ANYTHING
> to disk (Read only filesystem!?) WTF? 
Make sure your fstab, doesn't have the notail option in there, if you're
not running a reiserfs filesystem. I had a similar problem, I was using
a xfs filesystem and had forgotten to remove the notail that the example
/etc/fstab has and it caused mount not to be able to remount my fs as
rw. Also try doing it manually. mount / -o remount,rw If this gives a
error, than it's probably a fstab issue. Type this then:
mount /dev/hda1 / -o remount,rw (replace /dev/hda1 with your partition)

-Jared H.

Re: [gentoo-dev] boot says I didn't compile DEVFS support

[Brian Jones]

This one I fixed.  I had left something in the default
file that shouldn't have been there.  Basically, I
didn't edit the right side of the file. DUH!

I'm running ext3, so I just changed the right to read
'defaults 1 1'. 
--- "Jared H. Hudson" <jhhudso@volumehost.com> wrote:
> > eth0 up,(no such device?!) and I can't write
> ANYTHING
> > to disk (Read only filesystem!?) WTF? 
> Make sure your fstab, doesn't have the notail option
> in there, if you're
> not running a reiserfs filesystem. I had a similar
> problem, I was using
> a xfs filesystem and had forgotten to remove the
> notail that the example
> /etc/fstab has and it caused mount not to be able to
> remount my fs as
> rw. Also try doing it manually. mount / -o
> remount,rw If this gives a
> error, than it's probably a fstab issue. Type this
> then:
> mount /dev/hda1 / -o remount,rw (replace /dev/hda1
> with your partition)
> 
> -Jared H.
> 
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Re: [gentoo-dev] boot says I didn't compile DEVFS support

[Daniel Robbins]

On Sun, 2002-01-13 at 11:04, Brent Cook wrote:
> I had this same problem at first. The devfs option does not appear unless
> you have selected "Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers"
> under the Code maturity level options menu. Perhaps this should be
> mentioned somewhere in the docs?

It is mentioned in the docs, and is highlighted in yellow.  We could go
into more detail, though.

-- 
Daniel Robbins                                  <drobbins@gentoo.org>
Chief Architect/President                       http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.

Re: [gentoo-dev] boot says I didn't compile DEVFS support

[Brian Jones]

Well, it's in yellow if you're reading it online.  I
printed it out all in b&w, so...

I see it now.  I don't think it needs any more detail
per se, but maybe you could describe it using words
specific to menuconfig - for example:

'In order for you to see some of the options you'll
need to compile into your kernel, the first thing
you'll need to do in menuconfig is go to the "code
level maturity" section and enable the option <exact
name of option here>'

Something like that should probably appear before you
even mention what they need to enable.

:)

Just a suggestion.  Bottom line is it was a dumb
mistake on my part, but I don't think I would've made
it if that was in there.  

PS - overall, the docs here are wonderful.  
/njcajun
--- Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-01-13 at 11:04, Brent Cook wrote:
> > I had this same problem at first. The devfs option
> does not appear unless
> > you have selected "Prompt for development and/or
> incomplete code/drivers"
> > under the Code maturity level options menu.
> Perhaps this should be
> > mentioned somewhere in the docs?
> 
> It is mentioned in the docs, and is highlighted in
> yellow.  We could go
> into more detail, though.
> 
> -- 
> Daniel Robbins                                 
> <drobbins@gentoo.org>
> Chief Architect/President                      
> http://www.gentoo.org 
> Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
> 
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Re: [gentoo-dev] boot says I didn't compile DEVFS support

[Brent Cook]

I must have missed it too. I installed reading the text file docs, and the
Experimental section just didn't jump out, I suppose. Perhaps, since
gentoo uses a custom kernel anyway, a default .config file could also be
installed that would build a kernel with the minimum options already
selected?

While I agree that I should have caught this the first time too, why not
make things a little more convenient, esp. if certain options are
required?

> Well, it's in yellow if you're reading it online.  I
> printed it out all in b&w, so...
>
> I see it now.  I don't think it needs any more detail
> per se, but maybe you could describe it using words
> specific to menuconfig - for example:
>
> 'In order for you to see some of the options you'll
> need to compile into your kernel, the first thing
> you'll need to do in menuconfig is go to the "code
> level maturity" section and enable the option <exact
> name of option here>'
>
> Something like that should probably appear before you
> even mention what they need to enable.
>
> :)
>
> Just a suggestion.  Bottom line is it was a dumb
> mistake on my part, but I don't think I would've made
> it if that was in there.
>
> PS - overall, the docs here are wonderful.
> /njcajun
> --- Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2002-01-13 at 11:04, Brent Cook wrote:
> > > I had this same problem at first. The devfs option
> > does not appear unless
> > > you have selected "Prompt for development and/or
> > incomplete code/drivers"
> > > under the Code maturity level options menu.
> > Perhaps this should be
> > > mentioned somewhere in the docs?
> >
> > It is mentioned in the docs, and is highlighted in
> > yellow.  We could go
> > into more detail, though.
> >
> > --
> > Daniel Robbins
> > <drobbins@gentoo.org>
> > Chief Architect/President
> > http://www.gentoo.org
> > Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
> >
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> > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
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[gentoo-dev] Bugs ?

[Arno Wilhelm]

Hello everybody out there,



just have installed gentoo linux on my new machine and it is really great.
I like the clean bsd-like design of this distribution. 
Nevertheless there have been a few errormessages and warninigs when compiling some of the ebuild files.
Maybe I have made some mistakes but I think I am going to tell you anyway, since even then someone can learn 
from them :-)

1. Errormessages when compiling cdrecord:
------------------------------------------

Jambalaia portage # emerge app-cdr/cdrecord Calculating dependencies... done!
>>> emerge app-cdr/cdrecord-1.9-r3 to /
!!! No message digest file found.
!!! Maintainer: ebuild digest to update message digests.
!!! emerge aborting on  /usr/portage/app-cdr/cdrecord/cdrecord-1.9-r3.ebuild .

Jambalaia portage # ebuild app-cdr/cdrecord/cdrecord-1.9-r3.ebuild merge
>>> build dependencies OK ;)
!!! No message digest file found.
!!! Maintainer: ebuild digest to update message digests.
Jambalaia portage #



2. Errormessages when compiling getoo-web:
-------------------------------------------
Jambalaia portage # emerge --pretend  app-doc/gentoo-web

These are the packages that I would merge, in order.

Calculating dependencies. done!
[ebuild N  ] app-doc/gentoo-web-2.2 to /

Jambalaia portage # emerge app-doc/gentoo-web
Calculating dependencies. done!
>>> emerge app-doc/gentoo-web-2.2 to /
>>> Fetching cvs2cl.pl...

>>> Trying site http://www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/distfiles/cvs2cl.pl...
--18:46:00--  http://www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/distfiles/cvs2cl.pl
           => `/usr/portage/distfiles/cvs2cl.pl'
Resolving www.ibiblio.org... done.
Connecting to www.ibiblio.org[152.2.210.81]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 58,520 [text/plain]

100%[==================================================================================================>] 58,520         9.93K/s
ETA 00:00

18:46:08 (9.93 KB/s) - `/usr/portage/distfiles/cvs2cl.pl' saved [58520/58520]


>>> md5 ;-) cvs2cl.pl
>>> Unpacking source...
This will zap stuff in /www/virtual/www.gentoo.org/htdocs.
Beware -- maintainers only.
/usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: cd: /var/tmp/portage/gentoo-web-2.2/work/gentoo-web-2.2: No such file or directory
cvs [checkout aborted]: /home/cvsroot/CVSROOT: No such file or directory
>>> Source unpacked.

>>> Install gentoo-web-2.2 into /var/tmp/portage/gentoo-web-2.2/image/ category app-doc
/usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: cd: /var/tmp/portage/gentoo-web-2.2/work/gentoo-src/gentoo-web: No such file or directory
warning: failed to load external entity "xsl/guide-main.xsl"
cannot parse xsl/guide-main.xsl

!!! ERROR: The ebuild did not complete successfully.
!!! Function src_install, Line -284, Exitcode 4
!!! (no error message)

!!! emerge aborting on  /usr/portage/app-doc/gentoo-web/gentoo-web-2.2.ebuild .




3. The ntp package did not install a /etc/ntp.conf and /etc/ntp.drift file. Here is my ntp.conf file:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#server 127.127.1.0     # local clock
#fudge  127.127.1.0 stratum 10
server 128.146.37.10
server 128.146.38.12
server 129.127.40.3

driftfile /etc/ntp.drift


4. When installing alsa the dependencies of the alsa-utils and alsa-driver where not correct.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


5.Kdeartwork does not compile:
------------------------------

jambalaia portage # emerge --pretend  kde-base/kdeartwork

These are the packages that I would merge, in order.

Calculating dependencies. done!
[ebuild N  ] kde-base/kdeartwork-2.2.2 to /

jambalaia portage # emerge kde-base/kdeartwork
Calculating dependencies. done!
>>> emerge kde-base/kdeartwork-2.2.2 to /
>>> md5 ;-) kdeartwork-2.2.2.tar.bz2
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking kdeartwork-2.2.2.tar.bz2
>>> Source unpacked.
configure: WARNING: If you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host.
    If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used.
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i586-pc-linux-gnu

...........
...........
...........

make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/kdeartwork-2.2.2/work/kdeartwork-2.2.2'
make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/kdeartwork-2.2.2/work/kdeartwork-2.2.2'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
cp -r ./Themes BuildThemes; \
rm -rf `find BuildThemes -type d -name CVS -print`; \
( cd BuildThemes; \
for f in *; do \
if [ -d $f -a $f != "CVS" ]; then \
tar -b 16 -c -f - $f| gzip -c > /var/tmp/portage/kdeartwork-2.2.2/image//usr/kde/2/share/apps/kthememgr/Themes/$f.ktheme; \
fi; \
done ); \
rm -rf BuildThemes;
/bin/sh: /var/tmp/portage/kdeartwork-2.2.2/image//usr/kde/2/share/apps/kthememgr/Themes/Eclipse.ktheme: No such file or directory



-----  END ------------------------------->



There are some other things that might be worth mentioning:

-> The ebuild command is quite picky about the slash at the end of the package name:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# jambalaia portage # emerge --pretend  kde-base/kdeartwork/

# These are the packages that I would merge, in order.

# Calculating dependencies !!! Couldn't find match for kde-base/kdeartwork/; aborting.


-> The vimrc file is very basic :-) and this makes it diffult to start with vim.
   I use a modified vimrc file from a debian distribution now and it works great.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-> The mutt client did not have the pop3 features comiled in automatically:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
configure --enable-pop

-> I will add a muttrc file that works great for me now:
--------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------- snip ---------------------------

ignore "from " received content- mime-version status x-status 
ignore message-id
ignore sender references return-path lines x-uidl resent-
ignore x-msmail-priority x-mimeole in-reply-to priority
ignore x-accept-language x-priority x-egroups- x-beenthere
ignore errors-to precedence delivered-to importance x-loop
ignore x-apparently-to x-mailman- x-mime-

# sorting ( threads, date or date-sent, date-received, from, mailbox-order (unsorted), score, size, subject, or to )
set sort=threads

 # colors

       color hdrdefault cyan default
       color quoted   green default
       color signature cyan default
       color attachment brightyellow default
       color indicator black cyan
       color status   brightgreen blue
       color tree     red default
       color markers  brightred default
       color tilde    blue default
       color header   brightgreen default ^From:
       color header   brightcyan default ^To:
       color header   brightcyan default ^Reply-To:
       color header   brightcyan default ^Cc:
       color header   brightblue default ^Subject:
       color body     brightblue default (http|ftp)://[\-\.\,/%~_:?\#a-zA-Z0-9]+

# dont add the hostname to the From header -> for dialup servers

      unset use_domain
      my_hdr From: fritz@gmx.at
      my_hdr Reply-To: fritz@tirol.com
      my_hdr sender: fritz@gmx.at

# printing

      set print_command="a2ps"

# mailboxes
	
      mailboxes ~/.maildir/spocus
      mailboxes ~/.maildir/grub
      mailboxes ~/.maildir/gentoo
      mailboxes ~/.maildir/archive
      mailboxes ~/.maildir/develop
      mailboxes ~/.maildir/phion

# mailing lists

     lists gentoo grub

# fetching mail -> not compiled in yet !( configure --enable-pop )

#      pop_host mail.mailer.com
#      pop_user xxxxxxx
#      pop_pass xxxxxx

----------------------- snip --------------------------------


-> I had some problems setting up Samba together with an windows xp client and cups.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In case someone has the same problems here is my smb.conf file:


[global]
workgroup 		= ONTHEROOF
encrypt passwords 	= yes
dns proxy 		= no
load printers 		= yes

# Important: give this path to the network printer configuration in the WinXp printer setup masks
# -> replace localhost with the hostname the printer is connected to (=samba server) and the printername with your cups printer
# http://localhost:631/printers/HP_LaserJet_1200_Postscript

[printers]
comment 	= All Printers
printing 	= cups
printable 	= yes
postscript	= yes
printer name 	= HP_LaserJet_1200_Postscript
browseable 	= yes
public 		= yes
path		= /tmp

[jonas]
comment 	= /home/jonas
path 		= /home/jonas
valid users	= jonas
public		= no
printable 	= no
browseable 	= yes
writable 	= yes

[christine]
comment 	= /home/christine
path 		= /home/christine
valid users	= christine
public		= no
read only 	= no
printable 	= no
browseable 	= yes
writable 	= yes






So, I hope this was not too much information and not the wrong eiter :-)




Thanks for the great distribution,


Arno


 

Re: [gentoo-dev] boot says I didn't compile DEVFS support

[Martin Schlemmer]

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On Sun, 2002-01-13 at 19:09, Brian Jones wrote:
> Hi all.
> I know this makes me look like a total moron.  Please
> excuse my ignorance (I'm doing this in the hopes of
> becoming less ignorant- guess it's not really working)
> :)
> 
> I'm using rc6-r14 on a very simple hardware platform
> (400 Celeron, Winbond, intel, ATI, all stuff that's
> been supported in linux for 3-4 years now) :)
> 
> I followed all of the steps in the install guide, and
> everything worked pretty much as I had hoped.  The
> little glitches that came up I was able to come up
> with solutions for, and everything acted pretty normal
> after (the big one was that I didn't have the 'passwd'
> or 'grub' commands, so I reran emerge system and
> updated all my stuff).
> 
> I compiled a new kernel using menuconfig, but didn't
> see any options that explicitly said 'Device File
> System'.  I did some reading about devfs to see if it
> was used for anything the kernel I made didn't
> support.  It's used for UNIX PTYs, but I have that in
> there.  I had everything enabled and BUILT IN that I
> could figure out belonged there.  I also compiled the
> Virtual File System stuff in there.  Can anyone tell
> direct me to the menu entry I missed?  I'm using
> kernel 2.4.16, which I got using the emerge kernel
> sources command (don't remember it verbatim off the
> top of my head).
> 

You have to enable experimental code, then it will be under
filesystems.

> My grub install went well and the grub screen came up
> fine.  My menu.lst just has the basic timeout, root=
> and stuff.  After the first boot, I added
> 'gentoo=nodevfs' to it - which I must admit I don't
> understand - what is the label 'gentoo' a pointer to? 
> 

It is a Gentoo Linux option that gets passed to the init
stuff.

The thing is, Gentoo Linux is designed to work best with
devfs, thus you should really consider using it.  Now,
Gentoo should boot without DEVFS, but only display a annoying
message.  To get rid of this, pass "gentoo=nodevfs" as kernel
parameter.

If it is not booting without DEVFS (ie you get
a message about not being able to mount root), let us know,
as the regular devices in /dev may not be created during
bootstrap.

> 
> Anyway, I think I got everything going really well,
> but unfortunately I can't boot properly so I'm
> wondering if there's something I missed, and how this
> might be fixed.
> 
> I appreciate any pointers in the right direction.
> Thanks,
> njcajun
> 
> 
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Re: [gentoo-dev] boot says I didn't compile DEVFS support

[Brian Jones]

That did it!  I didn't go into the code level options
section!  UGH.  

Thanks a million.  I'm sure I can probably get it now.
--- Martin Schlemmer <azarah@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-01-13 at 19:09, Brian Jones wrote:
> > Hi all.
> > I know this makes me look like a total moron. 
> Please
> > excuse my ignorance (I'm doing this in the hopes
> of
> > becoming less ignorant- guess it's not really
> working)
> > :)
> > 
> > I'm using rc6-r14 on a very simple hardware
> platform
> > (400 Celeron, Winbond, intel, ATI, all stuff
> that's
> > been supported in linux for 3-4 years now) :)
> > 
> > I followed all of the steps in the install guide,
> and
> > everything worked pretty much as I had hoped.  The
> > little glitches that came up I was able to come up
> > with solutions for, and everything acted pretty
> normal
> > after (the big one was that I didn't have the
> 'passwd'
> > or 'grub' commands, so I reran emerge system and
> > updated all my stuff).
> > 
> > I compiled a new kernel using menuconfig, but
> didn't
> > see any options that explicitly said 'Device File
> > System'.  I did some reading about devfs to see if
> it
> > was used for anything the kernel I made didn't
> > support.  It's used for UNIX PTYs, but I have that
> in
> > there.  I had everything enabled and BUILT IN that
> I
> > could figure out belonged there.  I also compiled
> the
> > Virtual File System stuff in there.  Can anyone
> tell
> > direct me to the menu entry I missed?  I'm using
> > kernel 2.4.16, which I got using the emerge kernel
> > sources command (don't remember it verbatim off
> the
> > top of my head).
> > 
> 
> You have to enable experimental code, then it will
> be under
> filesystems.
> 
> > My grub install went well and the grub screen came
> up
> > fine.  My menu.lst just has the basic timeout,
> root=
> > and stuff.  After the first boot, I added
> > 'gentoo=nodevfs' to it - which I must admit I
> don't
> > understand - what is the label 'gentoo' a pointer
> to? 
> > 
> 
> It is a Gentoo Linux option that gets passed to the
> init
> stuff.
> 
> The thing is, Gentoo Linux is designed to work best
> with
> devfs, thus you should really consider using it. 
> Now,
> Gentoo should boot without DEVFS, but only display a
> annoying
> message.  To get rid of this, pass "gentoo=nodevfs"
> as kernel
> parameter.
> 
> If it is not booting without DEVFS (ie you get
> a message about not being able to mount root), let
> us know,
> as the regular devices in /dev may not be created
> during
> bootstrap.
> 
> > 
> > Anyway, I think I got everything going really
> well,
> > but unfortunately I can't boot properly so I'm
> > wondering if there's something I missed, and how
> this
> > might be fixed.
> > 
> > I appreciate any pointers in the right direction.
> > Thanks,
> > njcajun
> > 
> > 
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> 
> Martin Schlemmer
> Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Developer
> Cape Town, South Africa
> 
> 

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