The problem with first reboot

beba · n00b Joined: 23 Jul 2008 Posts: 19 Location: Belarus

Hi, sorry for my English.

I try install Gentoo at server who situated in DataCenter. Trying to 3 weekends in a row.

After first reboot, he is not loaded (

What i do before first reboot:
Unpack latest stage-3, portage-latest. Change make.conf. Set up date. Emerge pci-utils, gentoo-sources. Configuration file for kernel use own, make oldconfig + select needble drivers ("lspci -k") of SATA Controller and Ethernet interface. Change fstab, create udev 70persistent-net.rules, emerge mdadm. Add mdraid to boot level, change mdadm.conf. Emerge vixie-cron, syslog, iproute2. Emerge grub2, setup and config. After that reboot.

Usually reboot norm. At now current situation reboot not norm. After loaded "rescue system" (LiveCD at Hetzner) logs not created, server not pinging.

What I try for resolve problem:
1) Change kernel from 3.17.0-gentoo to 3.17.1-gentoo and to 3.17.2-gentoo (now use this version).
2) Find our controller in kernel option description (http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/SATA_AHCI.html) and check this option in current kernel config file.
3) Stop all raid arrays, and try install to /dev/sda.
4) Try change file system at boot partition from ext4 to ext3.
5) Try change grub2 to grub and change boot partition from ext3 to ext2.
6) Try use ncc module at grub2 for try see screen after reboot.

Some information about my system:
1) lcpci -k
http://pastebin.com/GgMBHWZn
2) make.conf
http://pastebin.com/rTyTh4kW
3) proc/cpuinfo
http://pastebin.com/UJSTmRTR
4) .config (некоторые выписки)
http://pastebin.com/18fch3g5
5) mount
/dev/sda3 on /mnt/gentoo type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
/dev/sda1 on /mnt/gentoo/boot type ext2 (rw,relatime,stripe=4)
6) fdisk
/dev/sda1 * 2048 526335 262144 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 526336 34080767 16777216 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 34080768 348653567 157286400 83 Linux

I would appreciate any help, thank you.

The_Great_Sephiroth · Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 1:22 pm Post subject:

Where is it halting at? Do you get the GRUB2 menu? Does it freeze when saying "Loading initramfs"? I recently had an issue with Gentoo hanging after the GRUB2 menu and fixed it by regenerating my initramfs.

N8Fear · Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 6:40 pm Post subject:

From my personal experience with Hetzner: request a lara (remote console) to be plugged to your server. This way you can easily see the errors and reset the box if necessary. You'll save tons of time that you'd otherwise spend poking around in the dark trying to guess what fails.

beba · n00b Joined: 23 Jul 2008 Posts: 19 Location: Belarus

Sorry for my English.

I don't know about Lara remoute console

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If I enable this option, I see our problem.

First problem.
I do
grub2-install /dev/sda1
and
grub2-install /dev/md1
(http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB2_Quick_Start)

After execute this command I was received:

The_Great_Sephiroth · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 3:08 pm Post subject:

In my experience the error about embedding means that you have a GPT partition layout but you did not create the hidden partition for GRUB to use. When using GPT, that partition must be created and you must set the "bios_grub" flag on it.