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 1QbEPI-0006i5-Qq for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:11:29 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BE7EB1C096; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:09:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qw0-f53.google.com (mail-qw0-f53.google.com [209.85.216.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BF0A1C096 for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:09:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwb7 with SMTP id 7so3203456qwb.40 for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:09:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=4UPT/OlCfmpCtUmqcX5o5ktvKNe8dmr+pVgssjFmjQk=; b=DuLN4cRlFbBgP+a+8rXohxxsc8BkVYK/6Jwmrt+rB5Wvs4alvqK4mlj63ulDhtcaly vfdAiMp2txvl/EcFu95BuUco7TEMYgbNcCkVZpcZ3+f500QWwfnlTrV6YTJaEM02eFjx fqBtl1t5lZSPf5lz3b3S6TVHCkgKHyTSd7vxE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=VrQfEAkpjk6K89yK0GsH9QNvz2V3Q1cncYgxLDDEfbPcGdo5gl0dGU6cJ9FfKP3gB/ YOx3W78XVjeyVzuhDljJK0vxK6WH2QiN805Fs221Z9XUNKUHdUawHQHCGywOrSMnuqkI IWhtnL2UP8sv+9rfwBzdTcghgrLLdxQ7ow9P8= 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 Received: by 10.224.206.135 with SMTP id fu7mr5028124qab.328.1309190989038; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:09:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.61.14 with HTTP; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:09:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87y60nuzpm.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> <87y60nuzpm.fsf@newsguy.com> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:09:48 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: WAS [.. min install isos] gentoo vm guest not booting From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 6a878b4ed10513f58b5e9a5127bd3b5b On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Mark Knecht writes: > >> I'm very curious - did you happen to try appending something like >> >> init=3D/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. > > Mark, I rm'ed all of it and created a new vm again. =C2=A0 did all the > steps with /dev and the rest of =C2=A0normal install. > > This time around the vm cannot find any media to boot from although I > created boot and all that with grub etc. > > I even added the `init 1' line you suggested... but since the media is > not found when I try to boot into the vm... of course it does nothing. > > So, enough time wasted.. I'm sorry to cave on you when you asked for a > result of the init 1 parameter.... > No apologies necessary. > I don't have any idea where to look for the problem of not finding the > media but probably some kind of pilot error. > > I need to get some work done with a vm so going with debian. > > Its working now... tarsnap server is ready to be setup for tarsnap. > Done it about 1/2 hour. > > I really appreciate your kind patience.. and have kept the thread for > next time I get the urge to create a gentoo vm. =C2=A0Very good input and > it does not go to waste since I seem to end up trying a gentoo vm > guest every few mnths. > > Thanks to Neil as well. =C2=A0Always appreciate the sharp eyed comments. > As a follow-up to your problems, and because I'm just plain interested in this /dev/null,console question, I decided to create a completely new Gentoo VM myself from scratch this morning. I'm going FAR more slowly than usual as, like you, I need to get other things done. Also that I'd like to understand what the tarball does actually provide, and also when everything in /dev really comes together correctly. (If indeed it does come together correctly.) I'll post back how it's going. My first observation is that the stage3 tarball only provides /dev/null as a normal file and nothing else. I would guess that this is incorrect as I would think that if the normal file is there then the special file won't get created later. I've never studied how the /dev directory gets created so this will be a learning experience for me. As for having to get some work done, I completely understand. Just don't give up on us here in Gentoo land, be we real OR virtual... Cheers, Mark