On Mar 1, 2007, at 6:58 PM, David A. Gershman wrote:
> (also posted on LinuxQuestions.org in LFS Forum)
>
> Hello, this is a continuation from a thread on the Linux Kernel forum.
>
> I've got my drive being recognized by the kernel, but the system still
> won't boot. It results in an error stating:
>
> Checking file systems
> /dev/hda3:
> Superblock could not be read or does not describe
> a correct ext2 file system. {goes on from there}
>
> Looking back at the boot process, I believe the problem actually is
> caused by:
>
> Populating /dev with device nodes: [FAIL]
>
> Because my swap partition is also unable to be seen. At this point I'm
> stuck. I'm not familiar with the udev and sysfs, but I did follow the
> book character for character with obvious exceptions. I even compiled
> the kernel with most extras left out (sound, NIC, framebuffering,
> etc).
>
> The LFS Live CD is what I used and it sees the HD and files just fine
> and I'm able to "chroot" into the LFS system after (section 6.2.2 and
> 6.2.3) "Mounting and Populating /dev" and "Mounting Virtual kernel
> File
> Systems".
>
> Just the booting of the new system can't seem to populate /dev.
>
> Any idea where I can go from here?
>
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perhaps you could start with the livecd, chroot, and rebuild udev,
sysvinit, and the kernel, see if that works.
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