On 06/24/2011 04:08 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> writes: > >> As for Gentoo installs, IMHO, they are in a bit of a mess right >> now. Last weekend a friend decided to give Linux a try and I helped >> him install Gentoo. The tarballs still, after nearly a month I think, >> didn't include all the required /dev stuff in the stage3 tarball which >> caused the machine to not boot. Maybe that's what you're seeing? I > > I'm at the stage right now of trying to boot from the vm harddrive. > What is missing from stage3? Maybe I can get it straightened out now > before turning the vm on its own.
Yes, it's a trivial fix (everything's trivial if you know how to do it :) The /dev directory (before udev starts) is missing the /dev/console device -- or maybe it's the /dev/null device. Crap, I can't recall just now but I fixed the problem a week or two ago by using mknod to create the missing device (I think it was /dev/console). Just chroot into your fresh vm and see what's missing from the /dev directory. Use mknod to create the missing device.
