From: Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] EFI install ( continum) [ system hangs at boot ]
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:04:09 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGfcS_==hP5_YXcPDnG2RG+BWwLciADQL4BDy0hCY7VPWNx3DA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201502271939.13111.michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
> You can still use the kernel stub to boot directly your OS, but you may need
> to specify the root fs, if it is BTRFS (not sure about others):
>
> $ grep CONFIG_CMDLINE /usr/src/linux/.config
> # CONFIG_CMDLINE_PARTITION is not set
> CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL=y
> CONFIG_CMDLINE="root=/dev/sda2 rootfstype=btrfs"
> # CONFIG_CMDLINE_OVERRIDE is not set
>
> Also the fs type should be built directly in the kernel, rather than a module.
Presumably you could also build an initramfs into the kernel, not that
I've ever tried it.
I think most just use gummiboot because it is far more flexible. If
you're hard-coding all this stuff into your kernel then if anything
changes you're going to be dropping to rescue disks.
--
Rich
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-02-27 20:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-02-27 11:53 [gentoo-user] EFI install ( continum) [ system hangs at boot ] German
2015-02-27 12:12 ` Neil Bothwick
2015-02-27 12:23 ` German
2015-02-27 12:49 ` Neil Bothwick
2015-02-27 12:49 ` German
2015-02-27 14:15 ` Neil Bothwick
2015-02-27 15:14 ` German
2015-02-27 19:39 ` Mick
2015-02-27 20:04 ` Rich Freeman [this message]
2015-02-27 22:47 ` Fernando Rodriguez
2015-02-28 17:50 ` Tom H
2015-03-02 7:00 ` Fernando Rodriguez
2015-03-02 18:58 ` Tom H
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