Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] boot hangs forever at “Loading initial ramdisk...”
On Saturday, 15 May 2021 00:54:02 BST John Blinka wrote: > I don’t think it’s a kernel compile issue. I just now used efibootmgr to > create a uefi entry with kernel command line parameters to define the root > fs and initrd. That worked. That result focuses the blame on grub. I'm glad that worked. Personally, I'm pleased to have ditched grub altogether. -- Regards, Peter Humphrey.
[gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] boot hangs forever at “Loading initial ramdisk...”
On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 7:10 PM wrote: > > > Have you recompiled the kernel? Could be a random, erroneous write to > disk or something in the kernel compile didn't go well. I'd suggest also > rebuilding the initrd Yes. Same problems with several kernels and associated initrds, the latter produced by genkernel or dracut or even some gibberish I pretended was an initrd. From grub debug output, I believe the problem exists right before the kernel tries to use the initrd. It’s contents are irrelevant at that stage. and reinstalling grub. That may or may not be the answer, but it’s such an obvious step. Will definitely give that a try. I.e. I think there is likely a kernel compile issue since it doesn't ever > launch the kernel succesfully either on autopilot or when you run grub > interactive. Might also recompile grub, perhaps there's a change in > compiler options that produces an incompatible (at least partially). I > also suggest the rebuild so you can be sure you have the right initrd and > matching kernel. I don’t think it’s a kernel compile issue. I just now used efibootmgr to create a uefi entry with kernel command line parameters to define the root fs and initrd. That worked. That result focuses the blame on grub. John >
[gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] boot hangs forever at “Loading initial ramdisk...”
On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 7:50 AM John Blinka wrote: > > > On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 3:12 AM William Kenworthy > wrote > >> > >> Try https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelBoot ... I am not sure >> genkernel uses that exact name but I did need to find the initramfs boot >> log to diagnose a failure in a genkernel initramfs at one time. > > Unfortunately, made no difference and provided no new information. https://www.askapache.com/linux/linux-debugging/ might be too old to be relevant any more, but tried almost everything it suggested to obtain debugging output. Not one byte of debug info appeared. Going to try the dracut approach suggested elsewhere. John >
[gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] boot hangs forever at “Loading initial ramdisk...”
On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 3:12 AM William Kenworthy wrote > > > Try https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelBoot ... I am not sure > genkernel uses that exact name but I did need to find the initramfs boot > log to diagnose a failure in a genkernel initramfs at one time. That’s an intriguing link. Exploring it now. John > >
