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ratty
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 Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2002 4:23 am Post subject: /dev/BOOT not working |
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I just installed a gentoo system for the first time, and the only problem I can't figure out after searching the FAQ and the boards.
the default /dev/fstab has /dev/BOOT and /dev/ROOT in them. Is that devfs that does that? I'm not famaliar with that layout, I'm used to just doing /dev/hda1, etc..
I am using a boot partition, but on bootup it gives an error about /dev/BOOT not existing. What do I need to make sure is configured for this to work?
Also /dev/SWAP doesnt mount at boot time either, I'm assuming this is all related to the same thing.
I know I could just do /dev/hda1 and directly reference the mountpoints, but I may as well use this newer, cleaner method.
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Curious
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| Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2002 4:25 am Post subject: Re: /dev/BOOT not working |
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| ratty wrote: | | the default /dev/fstab has /dev/BOOT and /dev/ROOT in them. Is that devfs that does that? I'm not famaliar with that layout, I'm used to just doing /dev/hda1, etc.. |
You're not looking quite hard enough. 
| Code: | | Use something like the /etc/fstab listed below, but of course be sure to replace "BOOT", "ROOT" and "SWAP" with the actual block devices you are using (such as hda1, etc.) |
-- http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/build.xml
So in other words, yeah, replace them with hda1, whatever.
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ratty
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| Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2002 4:29 am Post subject: |
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Why did /dev/ROOT mount?
The fact that it mounted made me believe that I was stumbling across some new indirect method for referencing partitions automatically, like "mount the boot partition to /boot", so whatever partition I booted from goes into /boot, no matter where it actually lives. Like LABEL= in other distros. |
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rac
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| Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2002 4:37 am Post subject: |
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| ratty wrote: | | Why did /dev/ROOT mount? |
Because you passed it explicitly as a parameter to your kernel at boot time.
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ratty
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| Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2002 4:42 am Post subject: |
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| Well that answers that, thanks. |
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