On 12:55 Fri 30 Jan, Moshe Kaminsky wrote: > + Itamar Ravid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [30/01/04 12:19]: > > On 23:49 Thu 29 Jan, Moshe Kaminsky wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I still can't boot into my new gentoo system. I tried several kernels, > > > and several configurations, but I still have the same problem: at the > > > end of the execution of /linuxrc, the machine reboots. > > > Though I get some error messages about /linuxrc not finding "test", I > > > don't think that's the problem. It seems the machine reboots after doing > > > "exec /sbin/init". I tried running /sbin/init from the shell (which I > > > can enter if I don't specify the real_root argument), and it said it > > > can't write channel /dev/initctl (or something similar). I don't know > > > what else to try. > > > > Are you using genkernel? If so, try and see if configuring your own kernel > > would work. > > I do use genkernel, but with the menuconfig option. Since I have no idea > what the problem is, I don't know exactly what to configure there. I did > follow the instructions in the genkernel README file. I also tried both > my architecture (Duron) and i386. > I currently suspect that the problem is with /sbin/init rather than the > kernel, but still, I have no idea where it comes from.
Wouldn't hurt to try, since genkernel introduces an initrd into the mix which makes things slightly more complex. > > Thanks, > Moshe > > > > > > > > Please help! > > > Moshe > > > > HTH. > > > > -- > > Regards, Itamar Ravid > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- Regards, Itamar Ravid [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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