On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Helmut Jarausch <jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote: > On 03/19/2012 03:54:35 PM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> >> >> Hi, >> >> suddenly might Gentoo system doesn't boot anymore, not normally, at least. >> >> I get 'root' needs non existing service 'fsck' but I've no idea why. >> >> rc-update -u tells me about this, as well. >> >> reemerging linux-utils and openrc didn't help. >> >> /etc/init.d/fsck is a normal file which contents looks normally. >> I can invoke /sbin/fsck. >> >> I'm very grateful for any hints to get out of this, >> > > By comparing my broken system to a recent backup it showed up there was a > new file > in /etc/ concerning an initramfs. > qfile showed that this file has been installed by genkernel. > > It's unbelievable but just emerging genkernel broke my system though I've > never used it, yet. > > Just emerge -C sys-kernel/genkernel > and my system was sane again.
Wow, that is strange. I have genkernel installed, never used it, don't use initramfs, and have not hit this problem yet. The /etc/initramfs.mounts file only has one uncommented line: /usr No idea what that's for...
