From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 129C81382C5 for ; Fri, 14 May 2021 08:46:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 96499E086E; Fri, 14 May 2021 08:46:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost03a.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost03a.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.20]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 176F5E0858 for ; Fri, 14 May 2021 08:46:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=peak.localnet) by smarthost03a.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1lhTSY-0002Or-8v for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 14 May 2021 08:46:14 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] boot hangs forever at =?UTF-8?B?4oCcTG9hZGluZyBpbml0aWFsIHJhbWRpc2suLi7igJ0=?= Date: Fri, 14 May 2021 09:46:13 +0100 Message-ID: <3373032.iIbC2pHGDl@peak> In-Reply-To: References: 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="nextPart8772063.CDJkKcVGEf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Originating-smarthost03a-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: 388d2d4f-ae9c-4d6d-afe9-811bd42cc071 X-Archives-Hash: 7688e980aa87b97e05f369c0b235f587 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --nextPart8772063.CDJkKcVGEf Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" On Friday, 14 May 2021 00:06:07 BST John Blinka wrote: > How does one debug this situation? Just coming to this belatedly, not having noticed what may be a connection until now. I have an Asus X99-A motherboard, and I never got grub to work at all. I use a combination of efibootmgr and bootctl to manage my boot process. (Bootctl is in sys- boot/systemd-boot; that's the only systemd package I have on this openrc system.) You could look at the handbook [1] for how to set these up. I had to develop my own method by picking bits out of it. I use efibootmgr to create entries in the UEFI BIOS, then bootctl to keep them up to date. Oh, and I had to leave a small, otherwise unused partition before the FAT32 boot partition. From parted: Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 1.00MiB 9.00MiB 8.00MiB 2 9.00MiB 1025MiB 1016MiB fat32 boot, esp 3 1025MiB 50176MiB 49151MiB linux-swap(v1) swap 4 50176MiB 66560MiB 16384MiB ext4 5 66560MiB 132096MiB 65536MiB ext4 [...] This may be a red herring of course; I wouldn't be too surprised if I'm doing things all wrong, and your motherboard may differ from mine in many ways. 1. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Bootloader[1] -- Regards, Peter. -------- [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Bootloader --nextPart8772063.CDJkKcVGEf Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

On Friday, 14 May 2021 00:06:07= BST John Blinka wrote:


> How does one debug this situation?


Just coming to this belatedly, not having noticed what may be a connecti= on until now. I have an Asus X99-A motherboard, and I never got grub to wor= k at all. I use a combination of efibootmgr and bootctl to manage my boot p= rocess. (Bootctl is in sys-boot/systemd-boot; that's the only systemd packa= ge I have on this openrc system.)


You could look at the handbook [1] for how to set these up. I had to dev= elop my own method by picking bits out of it. I use efibootmgr to create en= tries in the UEFI BIOS, then bootctl to keep them up to date. Oh, and I had= to leave a small, otherwise unused partition before the FAT32 boot partiti= on. From parted:

Number =A0Start =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0End =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Size =A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0File system =A0=A0=A0=A0Name =A0Flags
1 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A01.00MiB = =A0=A0=A09.00MiB =A0=A0=A08.00MiB
2 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A09.00MiB =A0=A0=A01= 025MiB =A0=A0=A01016MiB =A0=A0fat32 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0boot, esp
3 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A01025MiB =A0=A0=A050176MiB =A0=A04= 9151MiB =A0linux-swap(v1) =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0swap
4 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= 50176MiB =A0=A066560MiB =A0=A016384MiB =A0ext4
5 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A066560= MiB =A0=A0132096MiB =A065536MiB =A0ext4
[...]

Thi= s may be a red herring of course; I wouldn't be too surprised if I'm doing = things all wrong, and your motherboard may differ from mine in many ways.

1.  https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installa= tion/Bootloader



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Reg= ards,

Pet= er.


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