[gentoo-user] genkernel problem

[gentoo-user] genkernel problem

[David Relson]

I've just used genkernel to build a kernel from
gentoo-sources-2.6.18-gentoo-r1.  The build ended with:


* Copying config for successful build to 
* /etc/kernels/kernel-config-x86-2.6.18-gentoo-r1
* initramfs: >> Initializing...
*         >> Creating base_layout cpio archive...
*         >> Creating auxilary cpio archive...
*         >> Creating busybox cpio archive...
*         >> Creating insmod cpio archive...
*         >> Creating modules cpio archive...
* Merging
*     initramfs-base-layout.cpio.gz
*     initramfs-aux.cpio.gz
*     initramfs-busybox-1.1.3+gentoo.cpio.gz
*     initramfs-insmod-0.9.15-pre4.cpio.gz
*     initramfs-modules-2.6.18-gentoo-r1o.cpio.gz
* Gentoo Linux Genkernel; Version 3.4.1^[[0m
* Running with options: all

* ERROR: Could not copy the initramfs to ${BOOTDIR}!
* -- Grepping log... --
* -- End log... --
* Please consult /var/log/genkernel.log for more information and any
* errors that were reported above.
* Report any genkernel bugs to bugs.gentoo.org and
* assign your bug to genkernel@gentoo.org. Please include
* as much information as you can in your bug report; attaching
* /var/log/genkernel.log so that your issue can be dealt with
* effectively.

Checking /var/log/genkernel.log doesn't seem to provide any more info
about what went wrong.  In /boot are new kernel, initramfs, and
System.map files, so the build succeeded at least to that extent.  When
I boot the new kernel, I _do_ get a kernel panic - preceded by the
following lines:

Mounting /proc filesystem
Creating block devices
failed to create /dev/hda
... /dev/hda1, /dev/hda2, /dev/hda5, /dev/hda6, /dev/hda7, /dev/hda8
failed to create /dev/hdb
... /dev/hdb1, /dev/hdb2, /dev/hdb5
Creating root device
mkrootdev: mknod failed: 30
mounting root filesystem
Mount: error 2 mounting ext2
pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2
umount /initrd/proc failed: 2
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

FWIW, /proc file system support (PROC_FS) _is_ included
in .config.

Any thoughts on what I should look for to solve this problem?

Thanks.

David

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