On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 7:10 PM Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/14/20 12:54 PM, James Read wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 6:34 PM Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com > > <mailto:bruce.du...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > On 12/14/20 12:14 PM, James Read wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am having difficulty with booting my LFS system. I modified my > > > existing grub.cfg to include the following: > > > > > > menuentry "GNU/Linux, Linux 5.8.3-lfs-10.0" { > > > linux /boot/vmlinuz-5.8.3-lfs-10.0 root=/dev/sda1 ro > > > } > > > > > > The menu entry is included in the GRUB screen when I reboot but > > when I > > > select LFS to boot it cannot find the image. What have I missed? > > > > Is /boot a separate partition? If so, then remove /boot from the > linux > > line. Otherwise run 'ls -lh /boot' to ensure vmlinuz-5.8.3-lfs-10.0 > > exists and looks like it is about the right size (probably inthe > > 5-10 MB > > range). > > > > > > I copied the image to /boot on the host system and I was able to boot. > > Partially. Now the boot process gets stuck with this message: > > > > [ 1.148228] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to > > mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) ]--- > > > Note that /dev/sda1 is probably not correct if you also have another > > distro on the first drive. > > What is the output of 'fdisk /dev/sda' ? Which is your LFS partition? > Problem solved. I have now booted into the system and logged in. Looks great. See you on the BLFS list. James Read > > -- Bruce > > -- > http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > > Do not top post on this list. > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style >
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