Hi,
....for what reason ever, my attempts to install a bootloader
for my new system fails.
Current setup:
Partioning:
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.5
Partition table scan:
MBR: protective
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: present
Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
Disk /dev/sdb: 5860533168 sectors, 2.7 TiB
Model: EZRZ-00GXCB0
Sector size (logical/physical): 512/4096 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 45EED4D4-B137-452E-88B7-BA2EF068056B
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
Main partition table begins at sector 2 and ends at sector 33
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 5860533134
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 4973 sectors (2.4 MiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name File system
1 2048 6143 2.0 MiB EF02 GRUB
2 6144 268287 128.0 MiB EF00 boot fat32
3 268288 1316863 512.0 MiB 8300 swap
linux-swap(v1)
4 1316864 525604863 250.0 GiB 8300 root ext4
5 525604864 1049892863 250.0 GiB 8300 home ext4
6 1049892864 1574180863 250.0 GiB 8300 pool00 ext4
7 1574180864 2098468863 250.0 GiB 8300 pool01 ext4
8 2098468864 2622756863 250.0 GiB 8300 pool02 ext4
9 2622756864 3147044863 250.0 GiB 8300 pool03 ext4
10 3147044864 3671332863 250.0 GiB 8300 pool04 ext4
11 3671332864 4195620863 250.0 GiB 8300 pool05 ext4
12 4195620864 4719908863 250.0 GiB 8300 pool06 ext4
13 4719908864 5244196863 250.0 GiB 8300 pool07 ext4
14 5244196864 5860530175 293.9 GiB 8300 pool08 ext4
(filesystem types added by me by hand, taken from the output of parted -l )
Mounting the system under /mnt/gentoo and chrooting into it
and after submitting a 'mount -a' I get:
(list is sorted alphabetically/manually for better reading)
/dev/sdb4 on / type ext4 (rw,relatime)
/dev/sdb2 on /boot/efi type vfat
(rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sdb10 on /home/user/data/pool04 type ext4 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sdb11 on /home/user/data/pool05 type ext4 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sdb12 on /home/user/data/pool06 type ext4 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sdb13 on /home/user/data/pool07 type ext4 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sdb14 on /home/user/data/pool08 type ext4 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sdb5 on /home type ext4 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sdb6 on /home/user/data/pool00 type ext4 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sdb7 on /home/user/data/pool01 type ext4 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sdb8 on /home/user/data/pool02 type ext4 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sdb9 on /home/user/data/pool03 type ext4 (rw,noatime)
/proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
blkio on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup
(rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio)
cgroup_root on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs
(rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=10240k,mode=755)
configfs on /config type configfs (rw,relatime)
configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
cpu on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu)
cpuacct on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct type cgroup
(rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuacct)
cpuset on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup
(rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
devices on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup
(rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts
(rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs
(rw,nosuid,relatime,size=10240k,nr_inodes=4104014,mode=755)
freezer on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup
(rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl
(rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
memory on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup
(rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
none on /sys/fs/cgroup/unified type cgroup2
(rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nsdelegate)
openrc on /sys/fs/cgroup/openrc type cgroup
(rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,release_agent=/lib/rc/sh/cgroup-release-agent.sh,name=openrc)
perf_event on /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event type cgroup
(rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,perf_event)
pids on /sys/fs/cgroup/pids type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,pids)
rdma on /sys/fs/cgroup/rdma type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,rdma)
shm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
the contents of /boot is:
.
./.keep
./grub
./grub/themes/...
./grub/x86_64-efi/...
./grub/grubenv
./grub/fonts
./grub/fonts/unicode.pf2
./grub/grub.cfg
./efi (mount point)
./efi/vmlinuz-5051500-64-RT
./efi/EFI
./efi/EFI/gentoo
./efi/EFI/gentoo/grubx64.efi
./vmlinuz-5051500-64-RT
This was created via
grub-install --efi-directory=/boot/efi
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
via booting an live-gentoo-image and chrooting
into the new system since I needed a system which
was UEFI-booted (my old system uses legacy boot).
The resulting grub.cfg is attached to this email.
When I boot this setup, grub starts and displays:
booting Linux 5051500-64-RT ...
and freezes. I have to powercycle the whole thing.
The kernel is UEFI- and GPT-aware.
I also tried refind, but this guy gets totally confused,
and extracts informations from the running kernel (live-cd),
the root fs from that kernel and bits and pieces from
the system, which it should start actuallu.
I have tried a lot things I found online...nothing works
so far. The best result is getting grub, which freeses
my PC... :(
How can I get this thing booted successfully...I don't
see the forest for the trees anymore...
Stay healthy!
Cheers!
(frustrated) Meino
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
set default="${next_entry}"
set next_entry=
save_env next_entry
set boot_once=true
else
set default="0"
fi
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
}
function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
}
if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd2,gpt4'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd2,gpt4
--hint-efi=hd2,gpt4 --hint-baremetal=ahci2,gpt4
f75e2607-4c81-4225-b237-6d62f8f8332a
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root f75e2607-4c81-4225-b237-6d62f8f8332a
fi
font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi
if loadfont $font ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=menu
set timeout=5
# Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
else
set timeout=5
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Gentoo GNU/Linux' --class gentoo --class gnu-linux --class gnu
--class os $menuentry_id_option
'gnulinux-simple-f75e2607-4c81-4225-b237-6d62f8f8332a' {
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd2,gpt4'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd2,gpt4
--hint-efi=hd2,gpt4 --hint-baremetal=ahci2,gpt4
f75e2607-4c81-4225-b237-6d62f8f8332a
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
f75e2607-4c81-4225-b237-6d62f8f8332a
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 5051500-64-RT ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-5051500-64-RT root=/dev/sdc4 ro
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Gentoo GNU/Linux' $menuentry_id_option
'gnulinux-advanced-f75e2607-4c81-4225-b237-6d62f8f8332a' {
menuentry 'Gentoo GNU/Linux, with Linux 5051500-64-RT' --class gentoo
--class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option
'gnulinux-5051500-64-RT-advanced-f75e2607-4c81-4225-b237-6d62f8f8332a' {
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd2,gpt4'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd2,gpt4
--hint-efi=hd2,gpt4 --hint-baremetal=ahci2,gpt4
f75e2607-4c81-4225-b237-6d62f8f8332a
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
f75e2607-4c81-4225-b237-6d62f8f8332a
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 5051500-64-RT ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-5051500-64-RT root=/dev/sdc4 ro
}
menuentry 'Gentoo GNU/Linux, with Linux 5051500-64-RT (recovery mode)'
--class gentoo --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option
'gnulinux-5051500-64-RT-recovery-f75e2607-4c81-4225-b237-6d62f8f8332a' {
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd2,gpt4'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd2,gpt4
--hint-efi=hd2,gpt4 --hint-baremetal=ahci2,gpt4
f75e2607-4c81-4225-b237-6d62f8f8332a
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
f75e2607-4c81-4225-b237-6d62f8f8332a
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 5051500-64-RT ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-5051500-64-RT root=/dev/sdc4 ro single
}
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
