From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SF2sJ-0003UC-1H for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:30:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 152C0E0C98; Tue, 3 Apr 2012 12:29:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C5ECE083B for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2012 12:28:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkwj4 with SMTP id j4so3634617bkw.40 for ; Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:28:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=cXDsF+YSefTijXBB8D0Qs2dNAc4Ntl7tsJCt25M8OpM=; b=Hc74/SziCezhZfGKv0vGnxfne3VuHqpXzaCC/FZizWCX97EygpT0jGsOkmxxSBe/iH D+D2QU+LREBasYOXNmjTMR3wRh9bt0nCrD0NohdNv9xeqKLYg2PFqFD+SoH4l4ujfl8w adPiLL0nyNicaM3bVMzl5QqYmN+UQk5sMuozSy9gHktqW+WA5dBikC1coSuiUZKQASwF t0k6PYVbKR2RHc/Q2p1+M8E+efoCcofFkf69Cuoa6VxiEiNkpvSJlM4t9UxykVqLdhQ5 zMhWjpdQoygHOUtrHjDMEkaAu8DKiVPVRl3W+6nQS3nsywQU5tP8/MeIEDU4lBgtxeaj jg6A== Received: by 10.204.156.65 with SMTP id v1mr5293810bkw.109.1333456110448; Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:28:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from khamul.example.com (196-210-183-224.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.210.183.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s16sm45576243bkt.3.2012.04.03.05.28.28 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:28:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 14:27:12 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought Message-ID: <20120403142712.3af76518@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: References: <1332844604.4130.0@numa-i> <4F71BE44.3080206@kutulu.org> <4F71E865.30800@hadt.biz> <4F71F182.5010709@gmail.com> <4F7224B8.1050806@gmail.com> <4F723842.4000501@gmail.com> <20120328001421.7c65a401@khamul.example.com> <20120328233557.58ace6c0@khamul.example.com> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 9914cc72-db99-4d71-9587-11dd6aa14c56 X-Archives-Hash: a7d1b1dac7c2cdfc062ebad4a4e91cda On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:43:16 -0400 Allan Gottlieb wrote: > I forgot one of the commands alan wanted to see. Here it is. > allan I really did want to look at this thoroughly for you, but I've been flat on my back with some illness or other for a few days. Do you still need my eyeballs on this problem? > > ajglap gottlieb # fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors > Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x4f809fec > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 63 80324 40131 de Dell Utility > /dev/sda2 * 81920 30801919 15360000 7 > HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda3 30801920 114667519 41932800 > 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda4 114667520 976768064 > 431050272+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 114667583 125162414 > 5247416 83 Linux /dev/sda6 125162478 146143304 > 10490413+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda7 146143368 > 355871879 104864256 8e Linux LVM /dev/sda8 355873928 > 460731527 52428800 83 Linux > > Disk /dev/mapper/vg-usr: 21.5 GB, 21474836480 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2610 cylinders, total 41943040 sectors > Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > > Disk /dev/mapper/vg-usr doesn't contain a valid partition table > > Disk /dev/mapper/vg-local: 10.7 GB, 10737418240 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1305 cylinders, total 20971520 sectors > Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > > Disk /dev/mapper/vg-local doesn't contain a valid partition table > > Disk /dev/mapper/vg-var: 16.1 GB, 16106127360 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1958 cylinders, total 31457280 sectors > Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > > Disk /dev/mapper/vg-var doesn't contain a valid partition table > > Disk /dev/mapper/vg-tmp: 5368 MB, 5368709120 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 652 cylinders, total 10485760 sectors > Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > > Disk /dev/mapper/vg-tmp doesn't contain a valid partition table > > Disk /dev/mapper/vg-opt: 5368 MB, 5368709120 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 652 cylinders, total 10485760 sectors > Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > > Disk /dev/mapper/vg-opt doesn't contain a valid partition table > > Disk /dev/mapper/vg-a: 37.6 GB, 37580963840 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4568 cylinders, total 73400320 sectors > Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > > Disk /dev/mapper/vg-a doesn't contain a valid partition table > -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com