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newman555
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 Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 6:54 am Post subject: stuck at 'loading initial ramdisk' |
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Hi,
I tried to install gentoo in a VMware player, following instructions provided in a amd64 handbook. Everything went fine during the installation, but after reboot, vm is stuck at 'loading initial ramdisk'.
This is the basic info about the installation:
- kernel version: 3.16.5
- grub2
- partitioning the same as the one described in the handbook
- release: stage3-amd64-20141127
Installing using the same steps on my laptop results in a fully functional system.
I would gladly try to troubleshoot this myself, but I don't have any idea where to start, so if someone can point me in the right direction, I'd be really grateful. If I missed some basic info that I need to provide, please tell me and I will.
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szatox
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Initramfs is being loaded after kernel. So, your kernel loads fine, right?
Some typo in bootloader config? Maybe try it without initramfs or embed initramfs in kernel image? |
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newman555
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| szatox wrote: | | Initramfs is being loaded after kernel. So, your kernel loads fine, right? |
Well I'm not really sure. How can I check? I tried adding some params to kernel line while booting, but all I get printed out is:
"Loading linux gentoo 3.16.5 ..."
"Loading initial ramdisk ..."
| szatox wrote: | | Some typo in bootloader config? Maybe try it without initramfs or embed initramfs in kernel image? |
I generated grub.cfg with grub2-mkconfig, didn't edit anything. I did the whole installation twice in a vm and once(successfully) on my laptop. I tried removing initrd from the grub.cfg but I'm still stuck. Does this mean that actually kernel loading fails?
How can I get any debug output in this boot process? |
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NeddySeagoon
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newman555,
The next line should be Decompressing Linux ....
That implies that grub in loading the kernel and initrd then it goes wrong.
Wild guesses
- the kernel load address in incorrect in the kernel.
- the kernel is made for the wrong CPU, so it gets an illegal instruction error before it can tell you about it. Then it just halts.
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newman555
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| Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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| I had to uncomment 'GRUB_TERMINAL=console' in order to see the boot process, I completely forgot about that. After doing that and generating new grub.cfg, I can see the problem: 'could not find the root block device'. Any ideas why this happens? I added 'rootfstype=ext4' to kernel line in grub.cfg, but that didn't help. |
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NeddySeagoon
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newman555,
It should have said unknown block(X,Y) too.
The numbers X and Y are useful.
Also boot your VMware player with a live distro. I have a fading memory that VMware player wants a strange SCSI device that is not in the Kernel SCSI menu.
Its there but in a menu on its own. MPT Fusion ... thats little mole that a guess.
Post the output from lspci, so we can see the hardware that VMware player shows to guest operating systems.
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newman555
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You pointed me in the right direction, so I looked and found this post: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-961502.html
After adding those configuration options, I no longer have a problem with missing root device, but my boot is now stuck at:
| Code: | | 'Scanning for tg3 ... Switched to clocksource tsc' |
lspci output:
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livecd ~ # lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 01)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 08)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 08)
00:07.7 System peripheral: VMware Virtual Machine Communication Interface (rev 10)
00:0f.0 VGA compatible controller: VMware SVGA II Adapter
00:10.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 01)
00:11.0 PCI bridge: VMware PCI bridge (rev 02)
00:15.0 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:15.1 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:15.2 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:15.3 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:15.4 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:15.5 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:15.6 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:15.7 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:16.0 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:16.1 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:16.2 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:16.3 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:16.4 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:16.5 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:16.6 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:16.7 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:17.0 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:17.1 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:17.2 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:17.3 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:17.4 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:17.5 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:17.6 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:17.7 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:18.0 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:18.1 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:18.2 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:18.3 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:18.4 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:18.5 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:18.6 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:18.7 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
02:00.0 USB controller: VMware USB1.1 UHCI Controller
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01)
02:02.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 / Creative Labs CT2518 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 02)
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