On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 18:46 +, Mick wrote:
> On Monday 09 February 2009, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> > Am Montag, 9. Februar 2009 17:51:24 schrieb Stroller:
> > > I don't "like" initrd and the longer kernel
> > > lines in grub.conf that they require.
> >
> > Errh, which longer lines in grub.conf?
On Monday 09 February 2009, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> Am Montag, 9. Februar 2009 17:51:24 schrieb Stroller:
> > I don't "like" initrd and the longer kernel
> > lines in grub.conf that they require.
>
> Errh, which longer lines in grub.conf?
>
> Here's mine, as an example:
>
> title=Gentoo Linux
>
Am Montag, 9. Februar 2009 23:26:46 schrieb Stroller:
> Am I not correct in thinking that initramfs used to be / can be / was
> originally a separate file which goes in /boot and is described with
> an extra boot parameter?
Yes, you are. There are several ways nowadays. I use the easy one: Popula
On 9 Feb 2009, at 18:03, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
Am Montag, 9. Februar 2009 17:51:24 schrieb Stroller:
I don't "like" initrd and the longer kernel
lines in grub.conf that they require.
Errh, which longer lines in grub.conf?
Here's mine, as an example:
title=Gentoo Linux
kernel /vmlin
Am Montag, 9. Februar 2009 17:51:24 schrieb Stroller:
> I don't "like" initrd and the longer kernel
> lines in grub.conf that they require.
Errh, which longer lines in grub.conf?
Here's mine, as an example:
title=Gentoo Linux
kernel /vmlinux.gz realroot=/dev/evms/root vga=0x31B notsc
On Monday 09 February 2009 18:51:24 Stroller wrote:
> On 9 Feb 2009, at 10:32, Michael Hampicke wrote:
> >>> It would appear that you need an initrd/initramfs to use this.
> >>
> >> Ah! Many thanks. I will live without this shortcut, then, I think.
> >
> > If you, like me, prefere to compile your o
On 9 Feb 2009, at 10:32, Michael Hampicke wrote:
It would appear that you need an initrd/initramfs to use this.
Ah! Many thanks. I will live without this shortcut, then, I think.
If you, like me, prefere to compile your own kernel, there's still an
easy way to create a initrd for your ke
>>
>> It would appear that you need an initrd/initramfs to use this.
>>
>
> Ah! Many thanks. I will live without this shortcut, then, I think.
>
If you, like me, prefere to compile your own kernel, there's still an
easy way to create a initrd for your kernel: with genkernel
I use this command to
On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 09:28:42 +, Stroller wrote:
> I bow to your vastly superior Google-Fu.
Not really, I just hit the same problem as you a while ago, and came up
with the same solution.
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On 9 Feb 2009, at 09:18, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 07:26:38 +, Stroller wrote:
I can find numerous references to this syntax going back to 2005 or
so, and some major distros seem to use it as the default way of
describing "root=" to the kernel.
It would appear that you nee
On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 07:26:38 +, Stroller wrote:
> I can find numerous references to this syntax going back to 2005 or
> so, and some major distros seem to use it as the default way of
> describing "root=" to the kernel.
It would appear that you need an initrd/initramfs to use this.
http:/
On 9 Feb 2009, at 08:02, Dale wrote:
...
r...@sysresccd /root % mount -v -L root /mnt/gentoo
mount: you didn't specify a filesystem type for /dev/sda6
I will try type ext4
/dev/sda6 on /mnt/gentoo type ext4 (rw)
r...@sysresccd /root %
Since ext4 is new and I have no experience with
Stroller wrote:
>
> On 9 Feb 2009, at 07:56, Stroller wrote:
>>> ...
>>> You may have done this but just in case, you did use the tools to set
>>> the label on the drive right? tune2fs does it for ext2 and ext3. I'm
>>> not sure about ext4.
>>
>> Good question! I thought for a moment that the abo
On 9 Feb 2009, at 07:56, Stroller wrote:
...
You may have done this but just in case, you did use the tools to set
the label on the drive right? tune2fs does it for ext2 and ext3.
I'm
not sure about ext4.
Good question! I thought for a moment that the above demonstrated
that I had done
Stroller wrote:
>
> On 9 Feb 2009, at 07:42, Dale wrote:
>> Stroller wrote:
>>> ...
>>>strol...@hex ~ $ sudo mount -v -L boot
>>>/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw,noatime)
>>>strol...@hex ~ $
>> ...
>> You may have done this but just in case, you did use the tools to set
>> the label on
On 9 Feb 2009, at 07:42, Dale wrote:
Stroller wrote:
...
strol...@hex ~ $ sudo mount -v -L boot
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw,noatime)
strol...@hex ~ $
...
You may have done this but just in case, you did use the tools to set
the label on the drive right? tune2fs does it for ext2
Stroller wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Is anyone using "root=LABEL=" grub.conf, please? Anyone also using
> ext4 for their root?
>
> I can find numerous references to this syntax going back to 2005 or
> so, and some major distros seem to use it as the default way of
> describing "root=" to the kernel.
Hi there,
Is anyone using "root=LABEL=" grub.conf, please? Anyone also using
ext4 for their root?
I can find numerous references to this syntax going back to 2005 or
so, and some major distros seem to use it as the default way of
describing "root=" to the kernel.
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