On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: > Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> writes: > >> I'm very curious - did you happen to try appending something like >> >> init=/sbin/init 1 >> >> to the boot kernel command and seeing what happens? That might be >> instructive about where it's really getting to or what is stopping it >> from proceeding. > > Mark, I rm'ed all of it and created a new vm again. did all the > steps with /dev and the rest of normal install. > > This time around the vm cannot find any media to boot from although I > created boot and all that with grub etc. > > I even added the `init 1' line you suggested... but since the media is > not found when I try to boot into the vm... of course it does nothing. > > So, enough time wasted.. I'm sorry to cave on you when you asked for a > result of the init 1 parameter.... >
No apologies necessary. > I don't have any idea where to look for the problem of not finding the > media but probably some kind of pilot error. > > I need to get some work done with a vm so going with debian. > > Its working now... tarsnap server is ready to be setup for tarsnap. > Done it about 1/2 hour. > > I really appreciate your kind patience.. and have kept the thread for > next time I get the urge to create a gentoo vm. Very good input and > it does not go to waste since I seem to end up trying a gentoo vm > guest every few mnths. > > Thanks to Neil as well. Always appreciate the sharp eyed comments. > As a follow-up to your problems, and because I'm just plain interested in this /dev/null,console question, I decided to create a completely new Gentoo VM myself from scratch this morning. I'm going FAR more slowly than usual as, like you, I need to get other things done. Also that I'd like to understand what the tarball does actually provide, and also when everything in /dev really comes together correctly. (If indeed it does come together correctly.) I'll post back how it's going. My first observation is that the stage3 tarball only provides /dev/null as a normal file and nothing else. I would guess that this is incorrect as I would think that if the normal file is there then the special file won't get created later. I've never studied how the /dev directory gets created so this will be a learning experience for me. As for having to get some work done, I completely understand. Just don't give up on us here in Gentoo land, be we real OR virtual... Cheers, Mark
