On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:26:43 +0800, wdk@moriah wrote about Re: [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought:
> On 29/03/2012, at 20:01, David W Noon <dwn...@ntlworld.com> wrote: [snip] > > At present, the first thing I see when udev starts is a failed > > attempt to run /usr/sbin/alsactl to restore the audio levels on my > > sound card. This occurs before localmount or any other services in > > the sysinit run-level have been started. [snip] > that error was what clued me up to genkernels initramfs failing to > mount /usr - the mount failure wasnt on screen long enough to see ... > > error reporting for the initramfs method needs fixing so users can > faultfind problems more easily. flashing something on screen for a > second and immediately pushing it offscreen doesnt count when there > is lo logging to dmesg etc. The machine in question is not currently running an initramfs. This one reason why the udev developers believe that having /usr physically separate from / is "broken". No error messages from udev or any of its scripts are logged. Perhaps dmesg logging is "broken" too. > par for the course - run an initramfs (complexity) means more WILL go > wrong so ways to fix it for normal users need to be in place.. Yes, it is a chore, debugging an initramfs. -- Regards, Dave [RLU #314465] ====================================================================== dwn...@ntlworld.com (David W Noon) ======================================================================
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