From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 891781381F3 for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:18:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D3B9F21C019; Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:18:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.muc.de (colin.muc.de [193.149.48.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CFF5921C019 for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:17:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 50847 invoked by uid 3782); 10 Nov 2012 11:17:09 -0000 Received: from acm.muc.de (pD9557F62.dip.t-dialin.net [217.85.127.98]) by colin.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Sat, 10 Nov 2012 12:17:07 +0100 Received: (qmail 2888 invoked by uid 1000); 10 Nov 2012 11:11:11 -0000 Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:11:11 +0000 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot with kernel 3.5.7: init not being started Message-ID: <20121110111110.GA2859@acm.acm> References: <20121109174729.GA2410@acm.acm> <509D4779.6060400@binarywings.net> <20121109184653.GB2410@acm.acm> <509D94C7.2040204@binarywings.net> 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-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <509D94C7.2040204@binarywings.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.12 (Macallan) From: Alan Mackenzie X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-Archives-Salt: e9482629-99e4-42b5-80c4-75765dcaf44e X-Archives-Hash: 03ff659548064270e18341d31842aec9 On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 12:41:59AM +0100, Florian Philipp wrote: > Am 09.11.2012 19:46, schrieb Alan Mackenzie: > > On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 07:12:09PM +0100, Florian Philipp wrote: > >> Am 09.11.2012 18:47, schrieb Alan Mackenzie: > >>> Hi, everyone. > >>> I recently built a kernel 3.5.7, but my system doesn't boot with it. > >>> More precisely, it appears not to be starting init, since the line > >>> containing "INIT" and "version 2.88" is missing from my console display. > >>> The booting process did get as far as mounting my root partition RO. > >>> My system boots fine with 3.3.8. > >>> In my 3.5.7. .config, I've checked obvious things like having the ext3 > >>> driver built in. > >>> Would somebody please give me some idea what I might be doing wrong. > >>> Thanks! > >> Can you post us your config? > > OK, here it is: > [...] > Works for me. For a certain definition of "works". It boots but cannot > mount tmpfs for /run. After that, openrc throws me to a login screen > with a read-only root partition. Ah, tmpfs! Yes I need that, too. As soon as I enable tmpfs in my kernel, it boots up properly. :-) Thanks very much indeed for the tip! I wonder why your system got further than mine with this kernel. > Only changes I made was changing the CPU type to intel, adding a few > crypto algorithms and adding btrfs in case the boot process got far > enough to try /etc/init.d/localmount. Root is ext4. > What init system are you using? I'm using openrc. It would seem that configuring and building a kernel is an activity for experienced users, not beginners. ;-( > Regards, > Florian Philipp -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).