boot up on new kernel and hardware stalls[SOLVED]

idella4 · Last edited by idella4 on Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:59 am; edited 2 times in total

hi all.
This is actually and old installation but the nature of the problem is appropriate to a new install/

I last booted it up ok about 6 months ago, then I started recently to update it. I ran into a queue of dependency issues that simply didn't happen two years ago. It was my USE flags. I had heaps of them and they created circular dependencies. I got rid of enough to clear them, but initially I unmerged a few packaged attempting to remove blocks. Now I can't tell whether that's the root of the problem or not. Who knows.

I've just implanted the new source kernel and compiled and put the kernel in place in boot in the same way as always. My oldish genny can't complete boot up. It stops at that dreaded point of switching to root. Curiously the error reports it's looking for an nfs server which can't be found. Why an nfs server???

I'm rusty at this so can someone point me toward where I retrieve the log to start getting genny bootable again please? 'll take a quick look too.
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d2_racing · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:29 am Post subject:

Hi, what was your old kernel ? Also, maybe you have switched from and old ATAPI section to the new SATA-PATA section.

Can you post your lspci plz ?

NathanZachary · Moderator Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 2605

Please post the actual error message that you are receiving. That will help us figure out if it is failing because you don't have the appropriate SATA/PATA support, or if it is for some other reason.
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idella4 · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:05 am Post subject:

Tx for some answers.

the lspci

idella4 · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:56 am Post subject:

cyrillic you're a veteran. That looks like a match up.
Once having changed the settings, you need to recompile and generate a new kernel for boot, do you not?
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idella4 · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:28 am Post subject:

eh, It didn't work.
I adjusted the settings according to what you gave the other user. I honestly expected it would go in.
Should you not disable the root nfs setting as well in the .config?

kalos can you tell me how and why to mount /boot before doing so?
I never have and it's always worked ok.
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NathanZachary · Moderator Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 2605

Well, the default /etc/fstab has /boot set to noauto, which means that it is not automounted. For that reason, you would have to do:

d2_racing · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:55 pm Post subject:

idella4 · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:15 am Post subject:

ok thanks for that, but that was a minor add-on. What about the nfs block on bootup??
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d2_racing · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:13 am Post subject:

Have you enable the NFS support inside your kernel, if yes, then disable it.

Also, are you sure that you have [*] for your system file, because something it happens when you don't have ext2 or ext3 support inside your kernel and you want to boot on a ext2 or ext3 partition.

idella4 · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:05 am Post subject:

d2_racing · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:13 am Post subject:

Are you sure that you have selected the file system inside your kernel and not in module.

When you use make menuconfig, when you choose an option as a module it's has this : [M] and when it's inside the kernel you have this : [*]

idella4 · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:34 am Post subject:

Oh ok I get you now. Compile internally rather than a loadable module. Eh, I've disabled nfs, but what settings are you suggesting require the [*] setting?

This may be solved but I will do a re-boot and return soon.
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d2_racing · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:39 am Post subject:

I mean your partition type file system.

Exemple :

idella4 · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:59 am Post subject:

ok Thanks. I have it sorted. It was kernel settings sure enough. It boots.
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d2_racing · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:10 am Post subject:

So, what did you change in your kernel in order to boot ?