From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from www.aleph-null.tv (mbutcher206.dsl.frii.net [216.17.171.206]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A07B2ABD58 for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 11:36:54 -0500 (CDT) Received: from hebron.aleph-null.tv (mbutcher204.dsl.frii.net [216.17.171.204]) by www.aleph-null.tv (Postfix) with ESMTP id E59A717253 for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 07:48:37 -0600 (MDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: mbutcher To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] documentation-problem Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 10:47:34 -0600 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] References: <200206131015.43556.wentz@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <200206131015.43556.wentz@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200206131047.34346.mbutcher@aleph-null.tv> Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: e4b2c333-a292-4e80-b3db-81820e8214dc X-Archives-Hash: 8e8b83c38f01049e787cc2a83155f015 Comments inline. On Thursday 13 June 2002 02:15 am, Stephan Wentz wrote: > hi folks! > > yesterday is started installing gentoo on my laptop from scratch - > everything worked fine, and the documentation is EXCELLENT! great job ;= -) > he found all modules, all pcmcia-network-cards (normal ethernet and a > wlan-card). > but i found 2 things that didn't work out with my installation: > > 1) 14.Final steps: kernel and system logger > > after i succeded with the installation and booted the first time, i got > this error-msg: > > "mount_devfs_fs(): unable to mount devfs, err: -2 > > looked through the forums and found the solution: > in the kernel-config i checked "/dev filesystem support", but i ALSO > checked "Mount on boot", after i unchecked it, the mount_devfs_fs-error > disappeared. maybe you should put this in the red warning-section? That's interesting... I built one yesterday, and checked "Mount on boot" = and=20 it worked fine. I was building 2.4.19-gentoo-r7. I wonder what the deal i= s...=20 it sounds logical to check that item, doesn't it? > > 2) Final network configuration > > where it says > "If you have a PCMCIA card installed, have a quick look into > /etc/init.d/pcmcia to verify that things seem all right for your setup" > > the problem is: there is no file /etc/init.d/pcmcia! > did i miss something? i followed the instructions step-by-step, don't t= hink > i forgot something... or do i have to create that file by myself? > True. There _used_ to be a pcmcia file there... but I think that was pre-= 1.0.=20 Perhaps that section should be tagged as only applying to older releases. > 3) Final steps: configure GRUB > > in code listing 40 the line splashimage points to > (hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > and above you state that in your example hda1 is the boot-partition. > shouldn't it mean (hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz then? without /boot ? > and what about the kernel-line? there's the same thing... or does it mo= unt > /dev/hda3 (like state with the root-parameter in the kernel-line) as th= e > root-device? then it would be ok... Note the symbolic link in /boot: # cd /boot # ls -l boot lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Dec 30 21:57 boot -> ./ > > now, while booting i get this error: > "Warning: unable to open an initial console. > Kernel panic: No init found. Tyr passing init=3D option in kernel." > > i think this is because of a wrong grub-configuration... maybe you can = help > me out? i have my root partition on hda4, and the boot-partition on hda= 3... > how would grubs menu.lst look like? is the following right, if not, whe= re > is the error? (note: i'm using the nt-bootloader right now, because of = that > i installed grub into the boot-partition, not in the mbr...) Yes -- the problem is in your menu.lst. You said the BOOT partition was on /dev/hda3 and the ROOT partition was o= n=20 /dev/hda4, right? Well, init (and /etc and all those other necessary boot= =20 files) is on /dev/hda4. I corrected it in your example below: > > default 0 > timeout 30 > splashimage=3D(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > title=3DMy example Gentoo Linux > root (hd0,2) # NOTE: /dev/hda4, not hda3 > kernel /bzImage root=3D/dev/hda4 > > maybe you can help me out... i'm very interested in gentoo - so i'd lik= e to > start it ;-) > > another question according to grub: like i said, i installed it into my > boot-partiton, what if i want to remove it from there and put it in the > mbr? just install it in the mbr? how to remove the version from the > partition? or is this done automatically? AFAIK, when you install grub, it puts its bootloader into the MBR. If you= =20 managed to get it to do something else, you know more about grub than I. = ;-) > > so, enough for now... hope my remarks can help you make gentoo even bet= ter > ;-) > > stephan > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev Matt