Re: [gentoo-user] Is anyone using initramfs on Gentoo?
Norberto Bensa wrote: Unable to mount root fs on unknown block (1,0) Bug in mkinitd. It uses -c (old ascii format) and kernel seems to expect newc (srv4) Everything is working now. Thanks everyone! Regards, Norberto pgpjI6fMsynsj.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Is anyone using initramfs on Gentoo?
I do hope you have read the appropriate documentation. In the Gentoo world, we have a thing called genkernel. Genkernel receives a lot of bad publicity sometimes but it realy is a nice tool if you graduate from the simple command line. Under genkernel you have several options for building either kernel modules initramfs In fact, the default under 2.6.x kernels is to build an initramfs for you. it will also install the entire mess for you. And make the Correct entry in your grub.conf Here's the magic. if you go in and take a look at the scripts that make up genkernel, you will start to see that you can create any type of initramfs you like. For further information, RTFM On Sun, 2006-04-30 at 02:24 -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: Hello list, I've tried to move my built-in ide (via) and rootfs (reiser) modules outside of the kernel, but when I try to boot the new kernel and its corresponding initramfs, it fails miserably with one of the following messages. If I use root=/dev/hda7 (my root): Unable to mount root fs on unknown block (3,7) If I use root=/dev/ram (that's the device in the initramfs made with mkinitrd): Unable to mount root fs on unknown block (1,0) I do this every day using Debian boxes, so why it is so hard on Gentoo? What's the correct way to make _and_ use an initramfs on Gentoo? Many thanks in advance, Norberto
Re: [gentoo-user] Is anyone using initramfs on Gentoo?
On Sunday 30 April 2006 16:30, Maurice E Johnson wrote: I do hope you have read the appropriate documentation. In the Gentoo world, we have a thing called genkernel. Genkernel receives a lot of bad publicity sometimes but it realy is a nice tool if you graduate from the simple command line. Under genkernel you have several options for building either kernel modules initramfs In fact, the default under 2.6.x kernels is to build an initramfs for you. it will also install the entire mess for you. which is how i'm booting off a raid 1 /boot partition, which everything else (including / and swap) on an lvm on a raid5. genkernel will allow you to also issue --menuconfig which will allow you into the kernel configuration process. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Is anyone using initramfs on Gentoo?
John Jolet wrote: genkernel will allow you to also issue --menuconfig which will allow you into the kernel configuration process. I really didn't know that! I thought genkernel just compiled everything! Anyway, I fixed the problem with my initramfs. It was a bug in mkinitrd. I still need to open a bug about this issue. Many thanks to everyone (forums and gentoo-user)! -- Norberto Bensa Cel: 5654-9539 Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina pgpXWV0u1xoeB.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Is anyone using initramfs on Gentoo?
Hello list, I've tried to move my built-in ide (via) and rootfs (reiser) modules outside of the kernel, but when I try to boot the new kernel and its corresponding initramfs, it fails miserably with one of the following messages. If I use root=/dev/hda7 (my root): Unable to mount root fs on unknown block (3,7) If I use root=/dev/ram (that's the device in the initramfs made with mkinitrd): Unable to mount root fs on unknown block (1,0) I do this every day using Debian boxes, so why it is so hard on Gentoo? What's the correct way to make _and_ use an initramfs on Gentoo? Many thanks in advance, Norberto -- Norberto Bensa Cel: 5654-9539 Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina pgphTUshuabKn.pgp Description: PGP signature
