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gibus92
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 Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2024 7:51 pm Post subject: Cannot install kernel with installkernel-24 and legacy boot |
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Hello,
I try to install kernel 6.7.3 after an update of my local portage tree today 18:30, using installkernel-24 in a virtualized Gentoo managed in VMware player 17.5. I use a grub legacy boot with no UEFI configuration, since :
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dmesg | grep "EFI v"
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return an empty string.
installkernel is configured with grub and dracut Use flags :
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equery u installkernel
[ Legend : U - final flag setting for installation]
[ : I - package is installed with flag ]
[ Colors : set, unset ]
* Found these USE flags for sys-kernel/installkernel-24:
U I
+ + dracut : Generate an initrd or UKI on each kernel installation
+ + grub : Re-generate grub.cfg on each kernel installation
+ + systemd : Use systemd's kernel-install to install kernels
- - systemd-boot : Use systemd-boot's native layout by default
- - uki : Install UKIs to ESP/EFI/Linux for EFI stub booting and/or bootloaders with support for auto-discovering UKIs
- - ukify : Build an UKI with systemd's ukify on each kernel installation
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Here's make install command output in console :
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make install
INSTALL /boot
Loading /etc/kernel/install.conf…
layout=grub set via /etc/kernel/install.conf
Loaded /etc/kernel/install.conf.
Loading /etc/machine-info…
MACHINE_ID=9003713490d24770a0dc8a18b55284c3 set via /etc/machine-info.
Found cgroup2 on /sys/fs/cgroup/, full unified hierarchy
Found container virtualization none.
/dev/sda1: Wrong PART_ENTRY_TYPE=0x83 for XBOOTLDR partition.
Couldn't find an XBOOTLDR partition.
Failed to check file system type of "/efi": No such file or directory
File system "/boot" is not a FAT EFI System Partition (ESP) file system.
Failed to check file system type of "/boot/efi": No such file or directory
Couldn't find EFI system partition, ignoring.
KERNEL_INSTALL_BOOT_ROOT autodetection yielded no candidates, using "/boot".
Using entry token: 9003713490d24770a0dc8a18b55284c3
kernel version (6.7.3-gentoo-x86_64) set via command line.
kernel image file (/usr/src/linux-6.7.3-gentoo/arch/x86/boot/bzImage) set via command line.
Using ENTRY_DIR=/boot/9003713490d24770a0dc8a18b55284c3/6.7.3-gentoo-x86_64
Using plugins:
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/00-00machineid-directory.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/10-copy-prebuilt.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/50-depmod.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/50-dracut.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/51-dracut-rescue.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/90-compat.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/90-loaderentry.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/90-uki-copy.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/91-grub-mkconfig.install
Plugin environment:
LC_COLLATE=C.UTF-8
KERNEL_INSTALL_VERBOSE=1
KERNEL_INSTALL_IMAGE_TYPE=unknown
KERNEL_INSTALL_MACHINE_ID=9003713490d24770a0dc8a18b55284c3
KERNEL_INSTALL_ENTRY_TOKEN=9003713490d24770a0dc8a18b55284c3
KERNEL_INSTALL_BOOT_ROOT=/boot
KERNEL_INSTALL_LAYOUT=grub
KERNEL_INSTALL_INITRD_GENERATOR=
KERNEL_INSTALL_UKI_GENERATOR=
KERNEL_INSTALL_STAGING_AREA=/tmp/kernel-install.staging.d6l6zv
Plugin arguments: add 6.7.3-gentoo-x86_64 /boot/9003713490d24770a0dc8a18b55284c3/6.7.3-gentoo-x86_64 /usr/src/linux-6.7.3-gentoo/arch/x86/boot/bzImage
Successfully forked off '(sd-executor)' as PID 241439.
About to execute /usr/lib/kernel/install.d/00-00machineid-directory.install add 6.7.3-gentoo-x86_64 /boot/9003713490d24770a0dc8a18b55284c3/6.7.3-gentoo-x86_64 /usr/src/linux-6.7.3-gentoo/arch/x86/boot/bzImage
Successfully forked off '(direxec)' as PID 241440.
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/00-00machineid-directory.install succeeded.
About to execute /usr/lib/kernel/install.d/10-copy-prebuilt.install add 6.7.3-gentoo-x86_64 /boot/9003713490d24770a0dc8a18b55284c3/6.7.3-gentoo-x86_64 /usr/src/linux-6.7.3-gentoo/arch/x86/boot/bzImage
Successfully forked off '(direxec)' as PID 241441.
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/10-copy-prebuilt.install succeeded.
About to execute /usr/lib/kernel/install.d/50-depmod.install add 6.7.3-gentoo-x86_64 /boot/9003713490d24770a0dc8a18b55284c3/6.7.3-gentoo-x86_64 /usr/src/linux-6.7.3-gentoo/arch/x86/boot/bzImage
Successfully forked off '(direxec)' as PID 241443.
+depmod -a 6.7.3-gentoo-x86_64
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/50-depmod.install succeeded.
About to execute /usr/lib/kernel/install.d/50-dracut.install add 6.7.3-gentoo-x86_64 /boot/9003713490d24770a0dc8a18b55284c3/6.7.3-gentoo-x86_64 /usr/src/linux-6.7.3-gentoo/arch/x86/boot/bzImage
Successfully forked off '(direxec)' as PID 241444.
dracut[I]: Executing: /usr/bin/dracut -f --verbose --kernel-image /usr/src/linux-6.7.3-gentoo/arch/x86/boot/bzImage --uefi --kver 6.7.3-gentoo-x86_64 /tmp/kernel-install.staging.d6l6zv/uki.efi
dracut[F]: Can't find a uefi stub '/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/linuxx64.efi.stub' to create a UEFI executable
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/50-dracut.install failed with exit status 1.
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/50-dracut.install failed with exit status 1.
(sd-executor) failed with exit status 1.
make[1]: *** [arch/x86/Makefile:295: install] Error 1
make: *** [Makefile:234: __sub-make] Error 2
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I work around the issue by manually installing the kernel in /boot and calling a dracut command to generate the initramfs, then a classical grub-mkconfig.
But I have to say that new boot kernel is corrupted, since i get this message, already reported by another user :
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Loading Linux 6.7.3-gentoo-x86_64 ...
error: invalid magic number.
Loading initial ramdisk
error: you need to load the kernel first. |
Previous kernel-6.7.2 boot is still usable.
Thank you for your feedback. |
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AndrewAmmerlaan
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| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2024 10:47 am Post subject: |
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You are overriding the configuration that installkernel set with /etc/kernel/install.conf and have not set uki_generator in there.
When it is unset dracut assumes you want to use it and will try to generate an UKI, but you don't have the systemd-stub installed required for this.
To resolve your problem remove /etc/kernel/install.conf or set uki_generator=none and initrd_genertator=dracut in this file.
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gibus92
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| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2024 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, I fully set uki_generator and initrd_generator options in configuration file, should have read the wiki before.
I've done a make install again and kernel 6.7.3 is running now.
Thanks for your help,
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AndrewAmmerlaan
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| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2024 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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| gibus92 wrote: | | Ok, I fully set uki_generator and initrd_generator options in configuration file, should have read the wiki before. |
Well if you had read the wiki before then you wouldn't have found this information. I added a warning about this today because of this problem you ran into. 
And so problem by problem the wiki improves 
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