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]
> 
> 
> 



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Regards, Itamar Ravid
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