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Hi,     genkernel keeps a very detailed log at /run/iniramfs/gksoreport.txt. (or similar) When it exits to the cant find root prompt, type "shell" and you can read/save the report. BillK On 15/5/21 7:10 am, mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com wrote: > --"Fascism begins the moment a ruling

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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

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On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 7:32 PM Dale wrote: > > I had another thought. Just in case it is a bug with grub that only > affects certain hardware, maybe try a different bootloader? Maybe try > lilo or some other bootloader that works with your hardware. I seem to > recall you having EFI so I'm

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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

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mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com 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 and reinstalling grub.  I.e. I think there is likely a > kernel compile issue

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n On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 2:36 AM John Covici wrote: > > I would look in the grub.cfg and give us exactly what is in the stanza > you are using, including where it thinks the root file system is, > etc. Also, see if there is any genkernel option to get some debugging > info out of the initrd,

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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

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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

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On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 2:36 AM John Covici wrote: > > I would look in the grub.cfg and give us exactly what is in the stanza > you are using, including where it thinks the root file system is, > etc. Also, see if there is any genkernel option to get some debugging > info out of the initrd, I

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On Friday, 14 May 2021 00:06:07 BST John Blinka wrote: > How does one debug this situation? Just coming to this belatedly, not having noticed what may be a connection until now. I have an Asus X99-A motherboard, and I never got grub to work at all. I use a combination of efibootmgr and

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On 14/5/21 2:35 pm, John Covici wrote: > On Thu, 13 May 2021 21:58:25 -0400, > John Blinka wrote: >> [1 ] >> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 9:12 PM Jack >> wrote: >> >>> Given you say the UUID is for the boot partition, then both the linux and >>> initrd should just have the name of the kernel and

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On Thu, 13 May 2021 21:58:25 -0400, John Blinka wrote: > > [1 ] > On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 9:12 PM Jack > wrote: > > > Given you say the UUID is for the boot partition, then both the linux and > > initrd should just have the name of the kernel and initrd files (without > > leading "/boot",)

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On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 9:12 PM Jack wrote: > Given you say the UUID is for the boot partition, then both the linux and > initrd should just have the name of the kernel and initrd files (without > leading "/boot",) which sounds like what you've got. I'd next wonder if > something is missing

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On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 9:10 PM Dale wrote: > > I hate these init thingys and will admit I know little about the > things. I had a thought tho, could it be that the file system needed to > read the init thingy isn't included somehow or in the kernel maybe? If > it is pointing to the right

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On 5/13/21 6:51 PM, John Blinka wrote: On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 7:23 PM Jack > wrote: I'd start by removing any "quiet" or "splash" from the kernel command line.    You should be able to see them when you hit "e". I'm not sure if it will

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John Blinka wrote: > > > On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 7:23 PM Jack > wrote: > > > I'd start by removing any "quiet" or "splash" from the kernel command > line.    You should be able to see them when you hit "e". I'm not > sure > if it will

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On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 7:23 PM Jack wrote: > > I'd start by removing any "quiet" or "splash" from the kernel command > line.You should be able to see them when you hit "e". I'm not sure > if it will actually help, but it should be a start. Thanks, but neither one appears. My command line

Re: [gentoo-user] boot hangs forever at “Loading initial ramdisk...”

On 5/13/21 5:06 PM, John Blinka wrote: Hi, Gentooers, New thread, next obstacle in booting new Asus mobo. As the subject says, the boot hangs indefinitely. Output to the screen is   Booting a command list Loading Linux 5.10.27-gentoo-x86_64 ... Loading initial ramdisk ... And there it stops

[gentoo-user] boot hangs forever at “Loading initial ramdisk...”

Hi, Gentooers, New thread, next obstacle in booting new Asus mobo. As the subject says, the boot hangs indefinitely. Output to the screen is Booting a command list Loading Linux 5.10.27-gentoo-x86_64 ... Loading initial ramdisk ... And there it stops forever. The kernel is the latest