Re: [gentoo-user] boot problems

["J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org>]

On Saturday, May 03, 2014 02:43:39 PM Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> Am 03.05.2014 14:17, schrieb J. Roeleveld:
> >> (Don't ask for the strange setup with sdb3/sdc6 and sdb6/sdc3,
> >> historically grown somehow ...)
> > 
> > Seen stranger, it works.
> > What do the logs show when enabling them? Any "odd" messages?
> 
> Just looked it up, nothing odd. To me it seems that the assembling just
> doesn't happen at all.
> 
> Maybe really take the step with the dracut module or a local separate
> systemd unit file to do that ....
> 
> > With genkernel, I have a lvm and mdadm boot parameter.
> > With dracut, that might also be necessary.
> 
> Doesn't work yet.
> 
> > If dracut sorts that, mdadm.service might be too much.
> > But, as those are not boot-critical, they might wait for the real system
> > to be running.
> > In that case, you do need mdadm.service as well.
> 
> rd.auto=1 alone does not do the trick so far.
> 
> It's quite hard to keep you informed what steps I take here ...
> 
> dozens of reboots now ...

If you boot without those in fstab, then do the mdadm and lvm steps manually, 
do you then have it " working "?
If yes, I would leave it for now and wait for Canek to come online in a few 
hours. (Mexico should be awake at around 4 or 5pm I think)

He knows systemd and dracut better then most people on here.

We are now getting into systemd and dracut territory and apart from trying 
different tools, I have no further ideas.

--
Joost