On Saturday 21 November 2009 20:48:04 Maxim Wexler wrote: > Hi group, > > Going through a rough patch after a world update. The SD card on my > netbook doesn't get mounted, ext2 filesytem not found etc. I've had > this problem before which I traced to the lack of support for SD cards > in the kernel. This time it's something else. Nothing wrong with the > fs, it can be checked and mounted manually. Device-mapper is not in > the world file but does exist in /etc/init.d and can be started and > stopped OK. When I use it I get messages in the boot console of being > incompatible with my baselayout-1.
There's your problem right there. Your device-mapper can't work with baselayout-1. So, your options: Upgrade to baselayout-2 and openrc. You'll have to do it sooner or later, and right now seems to be to be a very good time to do it. device-mapper has moved into lvm2 (as lvm is the primary consumer of device-mapper). If device-mapper is not installed according to portage, and you have files left, then they are orphans left over because of CONFIG_PROTECT and can be deleted. Then emerge lvm2 > > So, I try to unmerge it, but of course portage claims I don't have it. > And if I try to emerge it, the new version is blocked by the version > I'm supposed ot have?! > > In an earlier post 'device-mapper', somebody suggested installing lvm2 > and not using device-mapper but this doesn't work for me -- assuming > my problem has anything to do with device-mapper. > > Maxim > -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
