On 16/09/10 08:18, Al wrote: >> As to the second suggestion, there is *no* /dev/sda1 (the partition in >> question). It just doesn't exist for some reason. However, fstab shows >> that it's mounted, and /sys/block has entries for the disk, so I'm not >> sure why it's dropped out. I'm guessing it has something to do with >> udevd, or uevents? Because shortly before that, I tell it to find the >> root partition at /dev/sda1, and it starts to boot, but then it loses it. >> > What is that in concrete, it starts? What do you see, hear, smell? > > Al > I'm not sure what you're asking. Can you elaborate as to what you're asking?
As I'm in an office, there is no concrete nearby for anything to be in. I see my monitor, I hear my mp3's playing, and I smell my peppermint tea. But I'm pretty sure that's not what you're asking me. :-P If you're asking what, specifically, I mean by "it starts", my previous posts show how far into the boot process it gets. If I specify by /dev/sda1, eventually it gets to checking that partition for errors, but fails to find the partition. If I specify by LABEL, then it tells me it can't find the label a bit earlier in the boot process, and asks where it can find the root partition. When I tell it /dev/sda1, it continues to boot, only to stop again at fsck'ing the partition. If I put in the root password for maintenance and have a look, there is no /dev/sda or /dev/sda1 in /dev (nor /dev/hd?, nor /dev/sr?). But a "mount" command shows /dev/sda1 mounted at /. And /sys/block has sda and under that, sda1. So it's like it sees it, but then it doesn't. Following the sugegstion from YoYo Siska, I've had a look at the various options I can pass to genkernel (I had followed the handbook previously, and hadn't realized there were options I could pass), and am currently rebuilding it with the following command: "genkernel --install --slowusb --disklabel all". YoYo pointed out that there was a --disklabel option to pass that'd add disk label support to the kernel, and I noticed the --slowusb option that, from my research, sounds like it may have something to do with my problem. Will let you know after I try that what the results are. Jake Moe
