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frode.meling
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 Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 7:56 am Post subject: My gentoo fail to mount root disk [solved, but still a prob] |
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Hello
My system has been working fine since my reinstall (gentoo 2005.1, handbook-install).
I have booted several times after install with no problem.
Then I did a emerge sync and a emerge -uv --deep world..
Also struggled a little with LDAP.
After rebooting, the system will not boot.
The error is somthing like this: fsck.ext3: Failed to open..... /dev/hda3
And then it tries with ext2 and that fails also since /dev/hda3 is ext3.
When booting livecd, /dev/hda3 mounts fine (no problems)
I checked my /etc/fstab and it contains no problems.
When the booting stops I can enter root password to gain console access.
I did that, just to look around. Since root filesystem is mounted-readonly.
The strange thing is that 'fdisk -l' does not report anything (empty).
It looks to me like it has something to do with the device-filesystem.
I have a default gentoo install (by the book), so I'm using kernel 2.6 and udev.
How should I proceed to find my problem?
MartOn
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ekutay
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| Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:10 am Post subject: |
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Sure, you've got ext3 support compiled in your kernel?
| Code: | | grep EXT3_FS /usr/src/linux/.config |
The live cd will surely have ext3 support.
fdisk expects the hardrive as parameter, hence fdisk -l /dev/hda should do the trick.
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frode.meling
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| Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:17 am Post subject: |
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Quite sure yes.
unless the ext3 support can dissapear from kernel by itself.
I have the same kernel I had 3 days ago and then it worked fine.
The kernel is a genkernel with config from gentoo 2005.1 livecd (/proc/config.gz )
If I try a fdisk /dev/hda (not from livecd) after the boot failure, I get an error /dev/hxx does not exist.
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ekutay
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| Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:50 am Post subject: |
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| frode.meling wrote: | | unless the ext3 support can dissapear from kernel by itself |
usually not
| frode.meling wrote: | | If I try a fdisk /dev/hda (not from livecd) after the boot failure, I get an error /dev/hxx does not exist. |
Well, that could be a hint. Maybe udev is causing this problem as the device node /dev/hda[n] is not created. Have you updated your config files after your last big update?
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frode.meling
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| Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:07 am Post subject: |
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I have run dispatch-conf after my update, so no configfiles are pending.
I also have done some config changes in the pam modules (just enabling ldap)
Can that affect the mount progress or the device system?
I'm also wondering if udev is conflicting with another package? OR maybe it is unmerged by another package?
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frode.meling
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| Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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Hello
I looked further into error messages.
As expected, it is a udev problem.
During boot (a few lines further up, ofcourse)..
This line is stated:
/sbin/rc: line 93: 3703 Segmentation fault /sbin/udevstart
Any ideas?
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Sven Vermeulen
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| Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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Oeee, segmentation faults.
Would you mind passing us the emerge --info information you gather from your system? To obtain it, boot from the Installation CD, mount the partitions, chroot to the gentoo environment, run
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# emerge --info > /tmp/info-log.txt
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and then either put /tmp/info-log.txt online somewhere or copy/paste the content to a code-box in this forum:
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frode.meling
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| Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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Here it is:
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Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13
Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 i686)
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System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 i686 AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2800+
dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2
sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6
sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1
sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10
sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1
virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.gentoo.no/"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 alsa apache apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups eds emboss encode foomaticdb
fortran gdbm gif gpm gstreamer gtk2 imlib ipv6 jpeg ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mp3
mpeg mysql ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl php png python qt quicktime
readline samba sdl spell ssl tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vorbis xml2 xmms xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc"
Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
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Sven Vermeulen
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| Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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Looks perfectly sane. Can you check /var/log/emerge.log and see what packages were updated during your last emerge? Perhaps that might give us a clue as to what is causing this behavior.
You might want to run revdep-rebuild from within the chrooted environment. It'll try to rebuild all packages that were build with a dynamic library in mind but where that library has been updated (new version) and the version the package used is removed.
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frode.meling
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| Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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Ok. I'll do that.
I will do the revdep and see if that works.
If that does not work I will generate a new kernel with genkernel (I saw a new release)
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frode.meling
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| Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 3:59 pm Post subject: My gentoo fail to mount root disk [solved, but still a prob] |
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Hello
revdep-rebuild did not do anything.
I'm not sure I found it, but I have a file in /etc called nsswitch.conf
The LDAP tutorial I ran, wanted me to change the file to include LDAP.
like this:
This file will stop boot process:
| Code: | # /etc/nsswitch.conf:
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-libs/glibc/files/nsswitch.conf,v 1.1 2005/05/17 00:52:41 vapier Exp $
passwd: compat ldap
shadow: compat ldap
group: compat ldap
# passwd: db files nis
# shadow: db files nis
# group: db files nis
hosts: files dns ldap wins
networks: files dns
services: db files
protocols: db files
rpc: db files
ethers: db files
netmasks: files
netgroup: files
bootparams: files
automount: files
aliases: files
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This file will boot with no problem:
| Code: | # /etc/nsswitch.conf:
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-libs/glibc/files/nsswitch.conf,v 1.1 2005/05/17 00:52:41 vapier Exp $
passwd: compat
shadow: compat
group: compat
# passwd: db files nis
# shadow: db files nis
# group: db files nis
hosts: files dns
networks: files dns
services: db files
protocols: db files
rpc: db files
ethers: db files
netmasks: files
netgroup: files
bootparams: files
automount: files
aliases: files
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Can someone tell me why?
Is it related to me using genkernel's initramfs?
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