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Moonday
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 Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 12:22 pm Post subject: genkernel could not creat initramfs |
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Hi
I try to install Gentoo on a system with AMD processor. I use of i686 - X86 and genkernel. I have an error in create genkernel:
| Code: | | could not create empty cpio at /var/tmp/genkernel/initramfs-3.12.21-gentoo-r1 |
have you any idea?
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lunita
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Can you please post here the command your entering to create the initramfs? |
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Moonday
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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I test | Code: | | genkernel initramfs |
too! |
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lunita
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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Paste the output of
| Code: | | genkernel initramfs |
Take a look at:
http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Genkernel
Are you following the Gentoo handbook? Take a look at the 7th point of the handbook. |
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Moonday
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 3:51 am Post subject: |
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I couldn't mount anything to my system but log is some thing like this:
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*Gentoo Linux Genkernel: Version 3.4.49.2
*Running with option: Initramfs
*Using genkernel.conf from /etc/genkernel.conf
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*Linux Kernel 3.12.21-gentoo-r1 for x86 ...
*with config file ..
*busybox: >> using catch
*initramfs: >> Intializing ...
/usr/share/genkernel/gen_initramfs.sh: line 782: 23875 Done echo
23876 Illegal instraction | cpio ${CPIO_ARGS} -F "${CPIO}" 2> /dev/null
*ERROR: Could not creat empty cpio at /var/tmp/genkernel/initramfs-3.12.21-gentoo-r1
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*--Greppin log ... --
*Using genkernel.conf from /etc/genkerne.conf
*Sourcing arch-specific config.sh from /usr/share/genkernel/arch/x86/config.sh ..
*Sourcing arch-specific modules_load from /usr/share/genkernel/arch/x86/modules_load ..
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* --End log ... --
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frostschutz
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:30 am Post subject: |
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can you take a look at the permissions of /var/tmp, /var/tmp/genkernel, etc.?
are you running this as root or regular joe? |
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Moonday
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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I started to install a fresh copy off Gentoo on a system that worked with Windows XP before. Why permissions change may be happen?
PS: Permissions are correct!
I don't use of users  All steps did with root user. |
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DONAHUE
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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from the chroot, | Code: | emerge wgetpaste
genkernel initramfs | wgetpaste
# when you get the error, run
free -m | wgetpaste
ls -al /usr/share/genkernel | wgetpaste |
post the url's returned
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russK
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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*Linux Kernel 3.12.21-gentoo-r1 for x86 ...
*with config file ..
*busybox: >> using catch
*initramfs: >> Intializing ...
/usr/share/genkernel/gen_initramfs.sh: line 782: 23875 Done echo
23876 Illegal instraction | cpio ${CPIO_ARGS} -F "${CPIO}" 2> /dev/null
*ERROR: Could not creat empty cpio at /var/tmp/genkernel/initramfs-3.12.21-gentoo-r1
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Notice it said, "Illegal instraction [sic]". The culprit is probably there. |
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Moonday
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DONAHUE
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds like you figured it out. For the next reader, suggest booting the install media and creating, initializing, and activating a swap partition. I'd make it 512 MB. Section 4 of the handbook refers. Creating the initramfs.cpio requires a fair amount of memory.
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Moonday
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 2:48 am Post subject: |
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Dear DUNAHUE
You saved me from typing a large amount info! Problem sill is there. I have a 512M swap but sometimes when I shutdown system and start again, I forget to on it! When I started swap, nothing is different.  |
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russK
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:16 am Post subject: |
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It looks like the cpio had a problem executing. The line number that is complaining about creating an empty cpio file should not be memory intensive:
| Code: | echo | cpio ${CPIO_ARGS} -F "${CPIO}" 2>/dev/null \
|| gen_die "Could not create empty cpio at ${CPIO}"
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That command passes nothing on stdin to cpio, so it really is simply creating an empty file.
Maybe look at the CFLAGS or the stage3 that you used. Is it really compatible with your CPU? |
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natrix
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Moonday!!!
I had a similar issues, the problems was with busybox.
You try it: check your “/etc/genkernel.conf” and find the option of “compress method” and write “no”. I don’t remember the exactly names options, sorry.
Good luck!! |
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Oniryczny
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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guess I'm having some similar issue too...
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natrix
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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Mmmm, you try removing busybox of cache:
| Code: | | rm /var/cache/genkernel/busybox-*.tar.bz2 |
And run genkernel normaly
Other possible solution is installing the more recently genkernel version. |
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Moonday
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| Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Not working! I'm try to test making initramfs manually! |
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dataking
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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Is /boot full? (Or /mnt/gentoo/boot, if you're still in the chroot stages).
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tazinblack
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Can anyone tell if this was fixed and if so, what was causing the problem?
I'm facing the same problem here.
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