Re: [gentoo-user] re: can't find /boot/grub/grub.conf after kernel upgrade [3.10.7]

["Canek Peláez Valdés" <caneko@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Alexander Kapshuk
<alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/07/2013 10:35 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
>> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Alexander Kapshuk
>> <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 09/07/2013 10:25 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
>>>> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Alexander Kapshuk
>>>> <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 09/07/2013 09:35 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
>>>>>> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Alexander Kapshuk
>>>>>> <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 09/07/2013 09:11 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Alexander Kapshuk
>>>>>>>> <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Howdy,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Just compiled the new kernel [3.10.7], was about to edit my
>>>>>>>>> /boot/grub/grub.conf, and found it missing:
>>>>>>>>> box0 boot # pwd
>>>>>>>>> /boot
>>>>>>>>> box0 boot # ls -a
>>>>>>>>> .  ..  kernel-3.10.7-gentoo  kernel-3.8.13-gentoo
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What did I miss?
>>>>>>>> Do you have /boot in a separated partition? Did you mounted it?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Nothing should touch /boot, AFAIK.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards.
>>>>>>> I do have '/boot' on a separate partition. If I understand it correctly,
>>>>>>> '/boot' gets mounted every time at system start-up, based on
>>>>>>> '/etc/fstab', does it not?
>>>>>> By the contents of your fstab, it should...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> box0 boot # cat /etc/fstab
>>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>> /dev/sda1        /boot        ext2        default,noatime    0 2
>>>>>>> /dev/sda2        none        swap        sw        0 0
>>>>>>> /dev/sda3        /        ext4        noatime        0 1
>>>>>>> /dev/sda5        /home        ext4        noatime            0 2
>>>>>>> /dev/cdrom        /mnt/cdrom    auto        noauto,ro    0 0
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> box0 boot # mount|grep /dev/sda
>>>>>>> /dev/sda3 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,data=ordered)
>>>>>>> /dev/sda5 on /home type ext4 (rw,noatime)
>>>>>> ,,,however mount says up there that it's not mounted.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> box0 boot # fdisk -l /dev/sda
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes, 488397168 sectors
>>>>>>> Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
>>>>>>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
>>>>>>> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
>>>>>>> Disk identifier: 0x00000000
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>>>>>>> /dev/sda1   *        2048       67583       32768   83  Linux
>>>>>>> /dev/sda2           67584     1116159      524288   82  Linux swap / Solaris
>>>>>>> /dev/sda3         1116160    43059199    20971520   83  Linux
>>>>>>> /dev/sda4        43059200   488397167   222668984    5  Extended
>>>>>>> /dev/sda5        43061248   488397167   222667960   83  Linux
>>>>>> For some reason your /boot partition didn't get mounted. See the boot
>>>>>> logs, and try to mounting by hand. Perhaps the fsck failed or it needs
>>>>>> manual intervention.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards.
>>>>> Based on the 'dmesg' output below, EXT2-fs attempted to mount the '/'
>>>>> partition instead of the '/boot' one.
>>>>>
>>>>> box0 ~ # dmesg|grep 'EXT.*fs'
>>>>> [    2.444214] EXT2-fs (sda3): error: couldn't mount because of
>>>>> unsupported optional features (240)
>>>>> [    2.444736] EXT4-fs (sda3): couldn't mount as ext3 due to feature
>>>>> incompatibilities
>>>>> [    2.481412] EXT4-fs (sda3): mounted filesystem with ordered data
>>>>> mode. Opts: (null)
>>>>> [    9.448819] EXT4-fs (sda3): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
>>>>> [    9.731383] EXT4-fs (sda5): mounted filesystem with ordered data
>>>>> mode. Opts: (null)
>>>>>
>>>>> Would that suggest a corrupted /boot/grub/grub.conf file?
>>>> Not necessarily. Can you manually mount /boot and see the contents of
>>>> /boot/grub/grub.conf.
>>>>
>>>>> How did the system boot then?
>>>> If grub can see the boot partition (and is correctly configured and
>>>> installed on the MBR), it can mount the root system without problems
>>>> regardless of fstab. Do you use an initramfs?
>>>>
>>>> Regards.
>>> 'mount /boot' fails:
>>> box0 ~ # mount /boot
>>> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1,
>>>        missing codepage or helper program, or other error
>>>        In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
>>>        dmesg | tail or so
>>>
>>> No, I do not use 'initfamfs'.
>>>
>>> What do you suggest doing?
>> Mounting it by hand:
>>
>> mount -t ext2 /dev/sda1 /boot
>>
>> Regards.
> That did the trick. Thanks very much.
>
> Here's my /boot/grub/grub.conf:
> box0 linux # cat /boot/grub/grub.conf
> # This is a sample grub.conf for use with Genkernel, per the Gentoo handbook
> #
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10#doc_chap2
> # If you are not using Genkernel and you need help creating this file, you
> # should consult the handbook. Alternatively, consult the
> grub.conf.sample that
> # is included with the Grub documentation.
>
> default 0
> timeout 30
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>
> title Gentoo Linux 3.8.13
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /boot/kernel-3.8.13-gentoo root=/dev/sda3
> #initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.24-gentoo-r5
>
> title Gentoo Linux 3.8.13 (rescue)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /boot/kernel-3.8.13-gentoo root=/dev/sda3 init=/bin/bb
> # vim:ft=conf:
>
> Is there anything that suggests as to why the /boot partition failed to
> mount at system start-up?

No, I don't see anything that. However, since you cannot "mount
/boot", but doing it manually works, that means something is wrong
with your fstab. Can I see it again? There is no /boot/etc/fstab,
right? What does /boot/grub/device.map say?

Regards.
-- 
Canek Peláez Valdés
Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México