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 1Qb0CG-0003lr-QV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:01:04 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AD28B1C005; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:59:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61F431C005 for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:59:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C04821BC007 for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:59:14 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -5.312 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.312 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=1.287, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-4] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id j-2xGNg0Cx9V for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:59:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C24464CA1 for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:59:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qb0AJ-0002Gd-RD for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 02:59:03 +0200 Received: from c-98-215-231-30.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.231.30]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 02:59:03 +0200 Received: from reader by c-98-215-231-30.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 02:59:03 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Harry Putnam Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: WAS [.. min install isos] gentoo vm guest not booting Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:58:52 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87aad4w0mr.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87aad8avnj.fsf@newsguy.com> <871uyjb6xy.fsf@newsguy.com> <87wrgaakv8.fsf@newsguy.com> <87sjqyaeta.fsf_-_@newsguy.com> <87oc1mach1.fsf@newsguy.com> <87fwmxa9dy.fsf@newsguy.com> <877h89a1kv.fsf@newsguy.com> <8739ix9zyz.fsf@newsguy.com> <87pqm08yln.fsf@newsguy.com> <87hb7cwien.fsf@newsguy.com> <20110626205657.070a0eff@digimed.co.uk> 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 X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-231-30.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:MsrxPUIspN7AhqxlXDvn3FQLu/s= X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 6c823ae19f6110d0a6556deb44f850d4 Neil Bothwick writes: > On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:34:56 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> (From chrooted shell) >> >> root@sysresccd /dev % ls -l console null >> crw-rw---- 1 root root 5, 1 Jun 26 17:33 console >> crw-rw---- 1 root root 1, 3 Jun 26 17:33 null > > When you chroot to the install root, you normally bind mount dev first, > so I would expect those files to be there. Are they there before you > chroot or bind mount anything? No... and I'm now getting it that they should be. Anyway, I'm downloading the latest stage3 I found (06/14) I'll explode it in a test directory and see whats there. I've emerged so much stuff now on the one I been working on that I hate to bugger it up if there is much chance of salvaging it. All those kernel builds left lots of time for emerging all my pet stuff. ok, a freshly exploded stage3 from 06/14 shows only null being an un-bound /dev/ and its a plain file # ls -l -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 14 13:08 null So now I've got them in place BEFORE binding to the install media /dev. ls -l /mnt/gentoo/dev ------- --------- ---=--- --------- -------- Mark Knecht writes: [...] > I'm very curious - did you happen to try appending something like > > init=/sbin/init 1 > > to the boot kernel command and seeing what happens? That might be > instructive about where it's really getting to or what is stopping it > from proceeding. No, haven't done that yet. In fact with /dev/console and dev/null created in an un-bound /dev as sharp eyed Neil pointed out, I can now get farther in the boot process. However, now I'm running into many other problems and still no boot. many tty could not be accessed but then on reboot with SystemRescueCD again, I see they were generated into /dev/ but are not character files. There was some kind of problem with fsck and at least 2 other problems something to do with urandom and another I lost track of. At this point, I'm going to scrap the guest as by now I don't know if I'm coming or going with this thing. Boot process has written junk into dev/, I've written junk into dev/ so I'm starting clean. I've downloaded a new stg3, new snapshot of portage so I'm going to try with all untampered with stuff. I guess I am to create /dev/null and /dev/console again as per instructions (that is, in an un-bound /mnt/gentoo/dev/) (Is it normal to find `null' created as a regular file in dev/ (before any tampering?) Install vim, eix, reiserfsprogs, rsyslog, grub and gentoo-sources. Build the kernel, then see what happens. (using your config again) If it doesn't boot I'll boot to single mode as you requested and see what I see.