On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Mitch Harder <[email protected]> wrote: > I running into a failure booting S9 XFCE x86_64 from a USB. > > The boot sequence is getting stuck while searching for the cdrom. > Here's a transcription of the console output: > > >>> Loading modules > :: <List of modules loaded> >>> Activating iSCSI via iBFT > iscsistart: transport class version 2.0-870. iscsid version 2.0-872. > Could not get boot entry >>> Making tmpfs for /newroot >>> Looking for the cdrom >>> Attempting to mount media: /dev/sr0 >>> Attempting to mount media: /dev/sda1 >>> Attempting to mount media: /dev/sda2 >>> Attempting to mount media: /dev/sda3 >>> Attempting to mount media: /dev/sda4 > > /dev/sda4 is an extended partition. > > # fdisk -l /dev/sda > > Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors > Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x0000a378 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 2048 2099199 1048576 83 Linux > /dev/sda2 2099200 52430847 25165824 83 Linux > /dev/sda3 52430848 102762495 25165824 83 Linux > /dev/sda4 102762496 976773167 437005336 5 Extended > /dev/sda5 102764544 153096191 25165824 83 Linux > /dev/sda6 153098240 186652671 16777216 83 Linux > /dev/sda7 186654720 253763583 33554432 83 Linux > /dev/sda8 253765632 257959935 2097152 82 Linux swap / Solaris > /dev/sda9 257961984 976773167 359405592 83 Linux > > The drive is a 500GB SATA Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002-1BD14 KC45 PQ > > I have a similarly configured 500GB Western Digital SATA which will > also get stuck on the extended partition if I unplug the Seagate and > boot with just the WD as the /dev/sda drive. > > I installed a Sabayon DAILY XFCE (Sabayon_Linux_DAILY_amd64_Xfce.iso > dated May 27) during the pre-S9 testing period from the same USB, and > didn't have problems. At that time, the /dev/sda drive was new and > un-partitioned, but the /dev/sdb drive was my Western Digital that is > now failing to boot the S9 USB final. > > I will re-install Sabayon_Linux_DAILY_amd64_Xfce.iso from May 27th to > confirm it can still boot in this configuration or not, and that may > give us a partial bisect on this issue.
I retested the USB Live Session for Sabayon_Linux_DAILY_amd64_Xfce.iso versioned 20120527, and it is working OK. It boots fine on the same hardware that is causing issues for SL9 final.
