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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: about the minimal install isos
From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
> Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0As for Gentoo installs, IMHO, they are in a bit of a mess r=
ight
>> now. Last weekend a friend decided to give Linux a try and I helped
>> him install Gentoo. The tarballs still, after nearly a month I think,
>> didn't include all the required /dev stuff in the stage3 tarball which
>> caused the machine to not boot. Maybe that's what you're seeing? I
>
> I'm at the stage right now of trying to boot from the vm harddrive.
> What is missing from stage3? =C2=A0Maybe I can get it straightened out no=
w
> before turning the vm on its own.
>
>
>
/dev/null and /dev/console
Look at this post. Check the instructions near the bottom from kswtch
as I can confirm they work. The only catch is if your work created a
normal file under /dev then erase before creating the new device
files:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/gentoo-87/booting-stops-after-kern=
el-starts-883031/
It was a unique failure I hadn't seen before.
There was another method reported to fix this that had to do with a
file system called 'devtmpfs' that creates what's needed on the fly (I
guess) but I didn't think I was the person to try that out.
Hope this helps,
Mark