From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LSyHC-0003hx-FH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:39:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B332DE0474; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:38:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f13.google.com (mail-gx0-f13.google.com [209.85.217.13]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8683DE0474 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:38:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk6 with SMTP id 6so68815gxk.10 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:38:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer :mime-version:subject:date:references; bh=SXl11I2futB/SEFE+Uj81nmnV4+HqGw08h2srwpyCV8=; b=eDeiRdo07m8YLv4SlwhtCCs46OfQ+42DiNt1FyOwtWjGqRRXwFF5BAl2NICz7hktlu tIEV3i5z0bgYiBns3VibysdfvczuDpZReg/tl5VPCRPgFWeyODpCKa0rH2vbGqUCPY8R 5n8JHQoB9kJUBgdX8VWp7uqSNxYfNr+GdBaRg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:mime-version:subject:date :references; b=UKlrTDXsiZ61DFd9Fbi0kxDpsUBLXXHGwHk2b/8J9TX+ncPnJMP0SPnB4kDz4jpM21 VJS7C1OfCpS/85OaaJJPT4R7YBllV2t+68GCVMmUD2pt68ByhY1C4JbM8XaEKjb94q9F HzAPvhtrxvUcTjCVjrfGF9dhBG5ZFCXPKDDhc= Received: by 10.65.83.1 with SMTP id k1mr874236qbl.128.1233340707448; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:38:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?10.13.117.82? ([166.195.233.118]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s35sm1944462qbs.13.2009.01.30.10.38.23 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:38:26 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <6B9088FA-132E-4E88-8E1B-A652391094F0@gmail.com> From: Saphirus Sage To: "gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org" In-Reply-To: <21752851.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (5G77) 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 (iPhone Mail 5G77) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4 Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:38:12 -0500 References: <21750949.post@talk.nabble.com> <1233336216.2842.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> <21752851.post@talk.nabble.com> X-Archives-Salt: f15a8ddc-d094-432c-bf68-f1190560437f X-Archives-Hash: d4ad93aca8b5c4b8d05b31f571099a59 On Jan 30, 2009, at 1:23 PM, reQuiem23 wrote: > > > > Albert Hopkins-4 wrote: >> >> On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 08:48 -0800, reQuiem23 wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> i just had the idea to make a new ext4 partition (via mkfs.ext4) >>> and copy >>> (cp) my whole root-dir into that new partition, change the /etc/ >>> fstab, >>> add >>> an entry to the grub.conf and booting into that new partition. My / >>> boot >>> is >>> on a separate ext3 partition, so this is not a problem. The kernel >>> i use >>> is >>> gentoo-sources 2.6.28-r1 with ext4-support enabled. However, when >>> i want >>> to >>> boot into my new system, the system starts, even the uvesafb >>> starts, but >>> than the booting process stops with a message like "tty starting" >>> and the >>> system reboots. >>> >>> I removed all the files in /proc /dev and /sys, so probably this >>> could be >>> the cause of the problem. >> >> Yeah, you probably shouldn't have done that. There are 'skeleton' >> copies of /dev/ files in your root partition before udev kicks in and >> those files are needed by the boot process (e.g. /dev/console). >> >> What I recommend doing is: >> * boot into a livecd/usbstick >> * mount your root partition (ro) somewhere (e.g. /tmp/root >> * mount your empty destination partition somewhere >> (e.g. /tmp/newroot) >> * copy the files over to the new ext4 partition in whatever >> manner >> * reconfigure new fstab, grub.conf, etc and reboot. >> >> For livecd/usb I always use RipLinux. The latest version supports >> ext4 >> and has both 32- and 64-bit kernels. >> >> >> >> > > I did it exactly the way you recommended, but i still get an error, > even > though it's another one than before: > > Kernel: Unable to open an initial console. > Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option > to > kernel. > > An idea? > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Gentoo-from-ext3-to-ext4-tp21750949p21752851.html > Sent from the gentoo-user mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > I had a similar problem with my initial LiveCD install. Do you just boot directly from the gzipped kernel image or use initramfs?