On 12/27/2011 1:44 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>>> ---JASON WROTE----
>>> LFS 7.0 - win7->Oracle VirtualBox->Slackware 13 32bit host
>>>
>>> I guess I'm wondering if these screens show a complete failure on my
>>> part or show I'm PRETTY CLOSE to making this work.
>> ---BRUCE WROTE----
>> Yes, you are close, but you probably have some issues with the kernel
>> command line. GRUB is finding the kernel, but the kernel does not seem
>> to be mounting the root directory.
> Yes Something certainly seems foul on my my part.
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>> I see GRUB with:
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>> set root=(hd0,11)
>> linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.1 root=/dev/sda11 ro
> Correct
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>> I'm a little confused here since you are building in a VM. You have 11
>> partitions on the VM? In any case, I don't think GRUB and the kernel
>> are mapping the partitions the same.
> Probably spot on. I make all the recommended optional Partitions for
> good measure and ended up with a lot of them.
>
>> What does 'fdisk -l /dev/sda' give you?
> ftp://jegas.net/archives/os/linux/linuxfromsratch/lfs/fdisk-l%20dev-sda.png
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>> Also 'cat /boot/grub/device.map'
> ftp://jegas.net/archives/os/linux/linuxfromsratch/lfs/grub-devicemap.png
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> For Good Measure: fstab:
> ftp://jegas.net/archives/os/linux/linuxfromsratch/lfs/fstab.png
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>> BTW, Shift-PgUp should ley you scroll back the boot messages.
>> You should see something like:
>>
>> [ 2.832244] sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4< sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 sda9
>> sda10 sda11 sda12 sda13 sda14 sda15 sda16 sda17>
>> [ 2.833519] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
>> ...
>> [ 2.865075] EXT3-fs (sda8): mounted filesystem with writeback data mode
>> [ 2.865082] VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly on device 8:8.
>> --Bruce
> Getting retooled to try this part... working on it... OUCH unable to get
> this last bit for you, I goofed a bit trying to get you this
> information.
>
> However I'm going to get going starting over verbatum from the book,
> making sure to grab all the correct files
> as before I grabbed the list in the book, but I found a different list
> further down with somewhat higher version numbers for many of the files.
> So I'll try that... mauanlly making my own "wget" list of takes. I'm
> determined even if I've had some issues.
>
> Thank You for any tips and I again I appreciate all the time you've
> already given me and I would understand if you decide to give up.
>
> --Jason
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> All Screens shots here:
> ftp://jegas.net/archives/os/linux/linuxfromsratch/lfs/
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> And Bruce - you've been Awesome and have been going above and beyond the
> call of duty. This is very much appreciated and is not being taken for
> granted.
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Y'know, you still shouldn't be coming out with 11 partitions on the VM
harddrive.................. What partitions are you making?
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