Gentoo!

Mpemba Effect · 4 Aug 2004 at 22:08

I'm going to need more clues. Do you even get the boot splash menu? Describe to me the entire boot process.

edit: ok forget my last post

burns · 4 Aug 2004 at 22:10

It only gets as far as I've shown above, thats not including all the BIOS checks before the DMI pool data bit of course.

burns · 4 Aug 2004 at 22:14

Would it be helpful if I started up the SSH daemon and you could have a poke around yourself?

burns · 4 Aug 2004 at 22:21

In /boot/grub/ there are some files called e2fs_stage1_5, fat_stage1_5, reiserfs_stage1_5 etc, but not one called e3fs_stage1_5. GRUB does support ext3 doesn't it?

Think it's time for dinner now, back later.

Mpemba Effect · 4 Aug 2004 at 22:21

Originally posted by burns
Would it be helpful if I started up the SSH daemon and you could have a poke around yourself?

Worth a try I guess. Mail me the details

Mpemba Effect · 4 Aug 2004 at 22:23

Originally posted by burns
In /boot/grub/ there are some files called e2fs_stage1_5, fat_stage1_5, reiserfs_stage1_5 etc, but not one called e3fs_stage1_5. GRUB does support ext3 doesn't it?

Think it's time for dinner now, back later.

I don't think there should be a e3fs_stage1_5. ext3 is just ext2 with journaling.

burns · 4 Aug 2004 at 22:25

Originally posted by Mpemba Effect
Worth a try I guess. Mail me the details

Just remembered the gateway doesn't have a monitor at the moment so when the firewall complians about an SSH connection I won't be able to let it through. What details do you need if I do get it working?

Mpemba Effect · 4 Aug 2004 at 22:31

I'll need

a) your IP
b) root password (so boot off the livecd and type 'passwd' assign one and give me that)
c) launch sshd (/etc/init.d/sshd start)
d) make sure the port is forwarded to your machine at the router

riven · 4 Aug 2004 at 22:35

Note: Journaled filesystems require extra space for their journal. Default settings require about 33 Megabytes of space. Therefore, if you are using a journaled filesystem for /boot, you should type +64M when prompted for the last cylinder.

thats from the gentoo docs. I knew there was a reason that i always used ext2 for /boot. looks like you'll need to reformat boot to ext2 and put all the stuff onto it again.

Mpemba Effect · 4 Aug 2004 at 22:37

Originally posted by riven
thats from the gentoo docs. I knew there was a reason that i always used ext2 for /boot. looks like you'll need to reformat boot to ext2 and put all the stuff onto it again.

Well done riven! That could be the problem. I've always used ext2, I don't see any reason to use a journaling filesystem on the boot partition.

burns · 4 Aug 2004 at 22:54

Can I just mount hda1 to boot, copy everything from boot to another folder(not in boot) then format boot to ext2 then copy everything back then? Obviously I need to update fstab.

Mpemba Effect · 4 Aug 2004 at 23:08

Originally posted by burns
Can I just mount hda1 to boot, copy everything from boot to another folder(not in boot) then format boot to ext2 then copy everything back then? Obviously I need to update fstab.

No you can't do this

Code:

mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
cp /mnt/gentoo/boot/grub/grub.conf /mnt/gentoo/tmp
umount /mnt/gentoo/boot
mke2fs /dev/hda1
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
swapon /dev/hda2
mount -t proc proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
env-update
source /etc/profile
emerge grub
cp /tmp/grub.conf /boot/grub
cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.7-gentoo-r11
nano -w /etc/fstab [color=deeppink]#make your changes[/color]
exit
umount /mnt/gentoo/boot
umount /mnt/gentoo/proc
umount /mnt/gentoo/
reboot

However there is an easier way where you just convert ext3 to ext2

Mpemba Effect · 4 Aug 2004 at 23:11

Hurrah

Code:

umount /dev/hda1
tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/hda1
e2fsck /dev/hda1
# Edit /etc/fstab to change /dev/hda1 to mount type ext2
mount /dev/hda1

Remove the .journal file afterwards.

burns · 4 Aug 2004 at 23:28

Code:
Originally posted by Mpemba Effect
Hurrah

Code:

umount /dev/hda1 tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/hda1 e2fsck /dev/hda1 # Edit /etc/fstab to change /dev/hda1 to mount type ext2 mount /dev/hda1

Remove the .journal file afterwards.

OK, got as far as e2fsck /dev/hda1, but I can't get to my fstab, when I open /etc/fstab, it's the one on the CD. I tried mounting hda3 to /, but it didn't work and now I can't umount it...

Also, whats the .journal file? Thanks for your help guys

.

Mpemba Effect · 4 Aug 2004 at 23:33

Originally posted by burns
OK, got as far as e2fsck /dev/hda1, but I can't get to my fstab, when I open /etc/fstab, it's the one on the CD. I tried mounting hda3 to /, but it didn't work and now I can't umount it...

Also, whats the .journal file? Thanks for your help guys.

Erh yeah, the fstab you want to edit is in /mnt/gentoo/etc

The .journal file I can only assume is a file used for journaling and proberbly found in /boot. It's hidden so a "ls -A" will reveal it. You won't be needing it since journaling is not on is ext2.

burns · 4 Aug 2004 at 23:37

How can I unmount hda3? It's saying it's in use at the moment, I'm guessing restarting half way through this would be a bad idea.

Mpemba Effect · 4 Aug 2004 at 23:40

Post up what you get when you type

Code:

df

burns · 4 Aug 2004 at 23:45

Code:

tmpfs         127656     2908     124748   3%   /
/newroot/dev/cdroms/cdrom0
             80350     80350       0 100%   /mnt/cdrom
/dev/loop/0    71104   711404          0  100%  /mnt/livecd
/dev/hda3      127656  2908       124748  3%   /

Mpemba Effect · 4 Aug 2004 at 23:47

Originally posted by burns
tmpfs 127656 2908 124748 3% /
/newroot/dev/cdroms/cdrom0
80350 80350 0 100% /mnt/cdrom
/dev/loop/0 71104 711404 0 100% /mnt/livecd
/dev/hda3 127656 2908 124748 3% /

Try

Code:

umount -f /dev/hda3

If that works mount it into /mnt/gentoo.

burns · 4 Aug 2004 at 23:49

Code:
Originally posted by Mpemba Effect

Code:

umount -f /dev/hda3

umount2

evice or resource busy
umount:/dev/hda3 not mounted
umount: /: Illegal seek
umount2: device or resource busy
umount: /: device is busy