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midway
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 Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:32 pm Post subject: [solved] installing grub failed |
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works fine.
| Quote: | | emerge -avuDN --with-bdeps=y system |
says No outdated packages were found.
However, | Quote: | | emerge --update --newuse --deep @world |
finds 2 new updates one of which is grub and it fails to install. Here is the ouput:
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make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12/work/grub-0.97/docs'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12/work/grub-0.97/docs'
make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12/work/grub-0.97'
make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12/work/grub-0.97'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12/work/grub-0.97'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12/work/grub-0.97'
* PT PaX marking -m
* /var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12/image//sbin/grub
>>> Completed installing grub-0.97-r12 into /var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12/image/
strip: i686-pc-linux-gnu-strip --strip-unneeded -R .comment -R .GCC.command.line
bin/mbchk
sbin/grub
ecompressdir: bzip2 -9 /usr/share/doc
ecompressdir: bzip2 -9 /usr/share/man
ecompressdir: bzip2 -9 /usr/share/info
>>> Installing (1 of 2) sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12
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* To avoid automounting and auto(un)installing with /boot,
* just export the DONT_MOUNT_BOOT variable.
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mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist
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* Cannot automatically mount your /boot partition.
* Your boot partition has to be mounted rw before the installation
* can continue. grub needs to install important files there.
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* ERROR: sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12 failed (preinst phase):
* Please mount your /boot partition manually!
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* Call stack:
* ebuild.sh, line 85: Called pkg_preinst
* environment, line 3630: Called mount-boot_pkg_preinst
* environment, line 3306: Called mount-boot_mount_boot_partition
* environment, line 3286: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* die "Please mount your /boot partition manually!";
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* If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12'`,
* the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12'`.
* The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12/temp/build.log'.
* The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12/temp/environment'.
* Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12'
* S: '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12/work/grub-0.97'
!!! FAILED preinst: 1
>>> Failed to install sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12, Log file:
>>> '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12/temp/build.log'
* Messages for package sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12:
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* To avoid automounting and auto(un)installing with /boot,
* just export the DONT_MOUNT_BOOT variable.
*
*
* Cannot automatically mount your /boot partition.
* Your boot partition has to be mounted rw before the installation
* can continue. grub needs to install important files there.
*
* ERROR: sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12 failed (preinst phase):
* Please mount your /boot partition manually!
*
* Call stack:
* ebuild.sh, line 85: Called pkg_preinst
* environment, line 3630: Called mount-boot_pkg_preinst
* environment, line 3306: Called mount-boot_mount_boot_partition
* environment, line 3286: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* die "Please mount your /boot partition manually!";
*
* GNU info directory index is up-to-date.
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More info
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~ # emerge -pqv '=sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12'
[ebuild U ] sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12 [0.97-r10] USE="ncurses -custom-cflags -netboot -static"
!!! The following installed packages are masked:
- sys-apps/chpax-0.7::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
/usr/portage/profiles/package.mask:
# Anthony G. Basile <blueness@gentoo.org> (26 Jul 2012)
# Removal in 30 days, bug #365825
~ # emerge --info '=sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12'
Portage 2.1.11.9 (hardened/linux/x86, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.15-r2, 2.6.28-hardened-r9 i686)
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System Settings
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-2.6.28-hardened-r9-i686-Intel-R-_Xeon-R-_CPU_X5450_@_3.00GHz-with-gentoo-2.1
Timestamp of tree: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:15:01 +0000
app-shells/bash: 4.2_p20
dev-lang/python: 2.7.3-r2, 3.2.3
dev-util/cmake: 2.8.7-r5
dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26
sys-apps/baselayout: 2.1-r1
sys-apps/openrc: 0.9.8.4
sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.68
sys-devel/automake: 1.11.1
sys-devel/binutils: 2.22-r1
sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.3-r2
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3
sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1
sys-devel/make: 3.82-r3
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.1 (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc: 2.15-r2
Repositories: gentoo x-portage
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FCFLAGS="-march=i686 -O2 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles news parallel-fetch parse-eapi-ebuild-head protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch"
FFLAGS="-march=i686 -O2 -pipe"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/gentoo/ ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirrors.tera-byte.com/ http://gentoo.mirror.dkm.cz/pub/gentoo/ rsync://mirror.cambrium.nl/gentoo/ http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo ftp://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
MAKEOPTS="-j8"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/opt/portage"
SYNC="rsync://abc.co.uk/gentoo-portage"
USE="acl apache2 berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cups curl cxx dri gd gdbm gpm hardened iconv imap ipv6 jpeg modules mudflap mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly openmp pam pax_kernel pcre pic png pppd readline session snmp spell ssl tcpd tiff truetype unicode urandom x86 xml2 zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias asis auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cern_meta charset_lite dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_ftp proxy_http rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias cgi cgid" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_2 python2_7" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="apm ark chips cirrus cyrix dummy fbdev glint i128 i740 intel mach64 mga neomagic nsc nv r128 radeon rendition s3 s3virge savage siliconmotion sis sisusb tdfx tga trident tseng v4l vesa via vmware nouveau" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON
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mvaterlaus
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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hi
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mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist
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* Cannot automatically mount your /boot partition.
* Your boot partition has to be mounted rw before the installation
* can continue. grub needs to install important files there.
*
* ERROR: sys-boot/grub-0.97-r12 failed (preinst phase):
* Please mount your /boot partition manually!
*
* Call stack:
* ebuild.sh, line 85: Called pkg_preinst
* environment, line 3630: Called mount-boot_pkg_preinst
* environment, line 3306: Called mount-boot_mount_boot_partition
* environment, line 3286: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* die "Please mount your /boot partition manually!";
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apperantly, emerge does not find the device /dev/sda1 and therefore can not mount it to install some important grub files. have you tried mounting the partition manually (it must be mounted rw) and then rerun the installation? |
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midway
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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~ # cat /proc/mounts
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
/dev/sda3 / xfs rw,noatime,attr2,noquota 0 0
none /proc proc rw 0 0
tmpfs /run tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,mode=755 0 0
rc-svcdir /lib/rc/init.d tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,size=1024k,mode=755 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
securityfs /sys/kernel/security securityfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
configfs /sys/kernel/config configfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
udev /dev tmpfs rw,nosuid,size=10240k,mode=755 0 0
fusectl /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,nosuid,noexec,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw,nosuid,noexec,devgid=85,devmode=664 0 0
rpc_pipefs /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw 0 0
nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd nfsd rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
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~ # cat /etc/fstab
/dev/sda1 /boot xfs defaults,noatime 1 2
/dev/sda2 swap swap sw 0 0
/dev/sda3 / xfs noatime 0 1
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto defaults,noauto 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec,rw 0 0
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dev # ls
2:0:0:0 event3 megadev0 psaux tgt tty17 tty27 tty37 tty47 tty57 ttyS0 vcs3 vcsa12
agpgart event4 mem ptmx tty tty18 tty28 tty38 tty48 tty58 ttyS1 vcs4 vcsa2
char fb0 mice pts tty0 tty19 tty29 tty39 tty49 tty59 ttyS2 vcs5 vcsa3
console fd mouse0 random tty1 tty2 tty3 tty4 tty5 tty6 ttyS3 vcs6 vcsa4
core full mouse1 rtc0 tty10 tty20 tty30 tty40 tty50 tty60 urandom vcs7 vcsa5
cpu_dma_latency fuse network_latency sg0 tty11 tty21 tty31 tty41 tty51 tty61 vcs vcs8 vcsa6
dac960_gam hpet network_throughput shm tty12 tty22 tty32 tty42 tty52 tty62 vcs1 vcs9 vcsa7
device-mapper initctl null snapshot tty13 tty23 tty33 tty43 tty53 tty63 vcs10 vcsa vcsa8
event0 kmem oldmem stderr tty14 tty24 tty34 tty44 tty54 tty7 vcs11 vcsa1 vcsa9
event1 kmsg parport0 stdin tty15 tty25 tty35 tty45 tty55 tty8 vcs12 vcsa10 zero
event2 log port stdout tty16 tty26 tty36 tty46 tty56 tty9 vcs2 vcsa11
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Do you mean, mounting my sda1 to boot?
~ # mount /dev/sda1 /boot |
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mvaterlaus
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| Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:57 am Post subject: |
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| yes, thats what i meant. after you mounted it, re-run the emerge of grub |
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midway
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| Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:11 am Post subject: |
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mvaterlaus, i have already tried that but it says that this drive doesn't exist.
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~ # mount /dev/sda1 /boot
mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist
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mvaterlaus
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| Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:18 am Post subject: |
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ok, thats odd. there is an other possibilitie: maybe you have created the boot partition on the root filesystem, which i do not assume, since you have an entry in /etc/fstab for the boot partition
please post the output of following commands
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fdisk -l /dev/sda
dmesg | grep sda
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[edit]got rid of typos[/edit] |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:28 am Post subject: |
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| both commands doesn't return anything. |
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mvaterlaus
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| Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:45 am Post subject: |
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thats very strange. I noticed something in your output of cat /proc/mounts and cat /etc/fstab
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none /proc proc rw 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
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none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec,rw 0 0
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i checked it on my system and the entries in /etc/fstab are not included. maybe you can comment them out and reboot the system, or try to change them to the following:
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proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec,rw 0 0
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eccerr0r
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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Is this a virtual machine?
After mucking with them I frequently ran into this case where there is no /dev/sda* for some reason...
You could remove the /boot entry in your fstab to get past it and install the files on your root partition and then later deal with installing it on your boot partition once you get that resolved...
Also: Kernel version/Udev version?
What kernel are you running and do you have the correct version of udev running that goes along with that kernel? If it's really 2.6.28 in your emerge --info that's fairly old, you'll need to update that with a version of udev that matches (or downgrade udev)...
Udev 171 will work together with 2.6.38 and at least through 3.2.12 kernels... |
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midway
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 11:28 am Post subject: |
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eccerr0r: yes this is on vmware and I am using kernel (Linux 2.6.36-hardened-r9) - Gentoo Base System release 2.1
I do not want to upgrade this kernel atm. How do I downgrade to a compatible udev (if 171 is not compatible with 2.6.36)?
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eccerr0r
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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Bah... virtual... sigh... oh don't mind me, just venting about virtuals... heh.
Anyway, according to the ebuild, 2.6.32 and newer should work with 171. But if want to try downgrading, you can mask the latest version by adding
>sys-fs/udev-1.64-r2
in /etc/portage/package.mask
and see if you can emerge the world. However there are issues with downgrading udev, there are many packages out there that require newer udevs, so this could be bad.
Also one more thing is to make sure all kernel options are enabled...though I think that emerging udev does warn when you don't have all options enabled.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:08 am Post subject: |
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| thx eccerr0r, masking the package have solved the problem. |
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