On 04/14/2016 01:06 PM, James wrote:
So,
I was going through the handbook to look at the logic therein
before bash scripting up some simple install recipies for my clustering
work, which is eclusively amd64+radeon, atm.
In the Kernel section of the amd64-handbook::
"root #nano -w /etc/fstab
FILE /etc/fstabConfiguring the /boot mountpoint
/dev/sda2 /boot ext2 defaults 0 2 "
<then this note>
Note
Further in the Gentoo installation, /etc/fstab will be configured again. The
/boot setting is needed right now as the genkernel application reads in this
configuration.
I build kernel by hand, similar to the handbook. I keep all of /usr/ on the
same partition, so I should not need at interramfs, right? But I am follow
the '4' partition example in the handbook, for this manual installation.
So it has been a long time since I looked that the handbook logic, so I may
just have missed the followup section on what the fstab should look like,
mostly following the amd64-handbook. In fact all I did was to add a
partition names 'local' for later mounting as /usr/local. But there is no
section on completing the fstab.
Now finishing up the manual installation I have this default /etc/fstab::
/dev/BOOT /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2
/dev/ROOT / ext3 noatime 0 1
/dev/SWAP none swap sw 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto 0 0
which seems vintage. So a bug probable needs to be file on the handbook, but
a bit of discussion might be wise, first.
So where is the handbookd portion that describes these default steps that
leads to a simple (per the handbook exmaple) /etc/fstab? Or is this a bug?
<<Second>>
Also, I exclusively use amd video cards and we use to have a gentoo doc on
it's setup. Now in the gentoo wiki, I find::
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ATI_FAQ
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Amdgpu
I do not currently have any of the newest AMD (fury*) cards so scripting
up that part of radeon card installation seems most straightforward by
a generic make.conf entry for radeon and lesser defaults that work::
VIDEO_CARDS="radeon radeonsi vesa "
and then the appropriate ebuilds and kernel config options. Any suggestions
related to ebuild, flags, kernel option and installation steps would be
appreciated. I could have easily missed an existing doc, or interpertation
that lends a blanket system for radeon video card installations.
James
Info for you ...
Gentoo Handbook x86_64 ( A.K.A. amd64 )
Date : April 14,2016
Section Headings :
Configuring the Linux kernel
( Partial fstab file created for genkernel )
Configuring the system
( full fstab file creation / template provided )
The handbook expects you to use the template, any install notes you
made, and info from the appropriate man pages to finalize the fstab
file. Experience/Knowledge is key.
