On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Tony Hartzell <[email protected]> wrote: > Bruce, > /bin/sh => bash > inittab is identical to the one in lfs-bootscripts > deleted rc.d & sysconfig then 'make install' lfs-bootscripts > how do I check for terminal drivers in kernel? > As for output, below is all the output on-screen when it hangs...before that > it goes by too fast to read > > Registering the dns_resolver key type > Using IPI No-Shortcut mode > registered taskstats version 1 > Magic number: 3:446:336 > tty tty57: hash matches > input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard........../input2 > input: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse...../input 3 > md: Waiting for all devices to be avalable before autodetect > md: If you don't use raid, use raid=noautodetect > md: Autodetecting RAID arrays > md: Scanned 0 and added 0 devices. > md: autorun ... > md: ... autorun done > EXT3-fs: barriers not enabled > kjournald starting. Commit interval > EXT3-fs (hda2): mounted filesystem with writeback data mode > VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly on device 3:2 > Freeing unused kernel memory: 380k freed > Write protecting the kernel text: 4476k > Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 1784k > stty used greatest stack depth: 6012 bytes left > rc used greatest stack depth: 5828 bytes left >> >> It sounds like agetty is not being run. It's also possible that you >> don't have the terminal drivers installed in the kernel. What does >> /etc/inittab look like? >> >> Did you create the /bin/sh link? >> >> Do you get any other output, e.g. "Mounting kernel-based file systems:" >> What is the content of /etc/sysconfig? >> >> I don't know what the rc.0, rc.1, etc files are in your rc.d directory >> are. They are not a part of LFS. >> >> Try removing all files/directories in /etc/rc.d and /etc/sysconfig and >> reinstalling those from the bootscripts tarball. >> >> > There don't appear to be any logs generated yet. >> > Also, the contents of rc.d's subdirectories seem a bit sparse >> >> Yes, that it intentional. Those are all you need to get a basic system >> like LFS up. There are more added in BLFS depending on what you install. >> >> > Thanks, >> > Tony Hartzell >> > P.S. Is there a web page that describes the boot process before the log >> > files are opened? >> >> I have an ongoing project to revise the boot process description in the >> book. I'll be making some substantial changes to the book in this area >> in the next few weeks. >> >> -- Bruce >> -- >> http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support >> FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html >> Unsubscribe: See the above information page
well, to bypass the bootscripts you could use root=/bin/bash, which gives you a bash prompt. it'll tell you if it got that far or not. -- Nathan Coulson (conathan) ------ Location: British Columbia, Canada Timezone: PST (-8) Webpage: http://www.nathancoulson.com -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
