Ken Moffat wrote: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 07:05:29PM +0000, Mikie wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> After completing the 7.1 book thru chapter 9 I reboot but get several fail >> messages. >> >> The last one is fatal and refers to file system errors that must be fixed. >> >> The only option is to press enter and reboot. >> >> I can't read the boot messages so I need to look thru the log file. >> >> I can't find it at /var/log ... as I have in other Linux distro's. >> >> Where is this log kept in LFS? >> >> Thanks. >> >> > In a system where everything has come up ok, the log is at > /var/log/sys.log and everything (that fits) is available by running > dmesg. But your system hasn't got that far. > > It's possible you really do have filesystem errors, but that > message might be provoked by other errors. To begin with, you could > try running fsck from the host system on the LFS partition(s). > > 1. In your kernel .config, ensure you have enabled devtmpfs in your > kernel. Also, of course, the filesystem(s) you are using, and the > device driver(s) for your disk controller(s). And Magic-SysRQ, to > help with cleaner reboots if you have to continue debugging the > boot. > > 2. Review /etc/fstab - it's possible that errors in the contents can > cause fsck to fail. > > 3. Try booting, and watch to see if you can spot the first error > message from the bootscripts. When that appears, the old Ctrl-S (to > stop the console scrolling) might work.
Try editing /etc/sysconfig/rc.site and un-commenting #IPROMPT="yes" # Whether to display the interactive boot prompt -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
