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unhappyStar
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 Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 10:17 pm Post subject: finally installed ... boots ... but strange error ... HEEELP |
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my system finally booted then it gets to this part ... guote
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Checking all filesystems...
fsck 1.33 (21-Apr-2003)
Modprobe: Can't locate module /dev/BOOT
Modprobe: Can't locate module /dev/BOOT
Modprobe: Can't locate module /dev/BOOT
Modprobe: Can't locate module /dev/BOOT
fsckext2: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/BOOT
/dev/BOOT: This superblock cannot be read or doesn't describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contain an ext2 filesystem then the superblock is corrupt
You might want to try running e2fsck w/ alternate superblock.
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So WTF?!?!?!
After I decide to pass it, the system seems to boot OK but when i try to go to /boot... there seems to be nothing there My windows partition won't boot and i cannot fix the grub.conf since it's in /boot
HEEEEEEELLLPPPP
my config is
/dev/hda1 NTFS 20GB windows 2000k system
/dev/hda2 FAT 30GB storage partition
/dev/hda3 ext2 100MB /boot
/dev/hda4 EXTENDED
/dev/hda5 swap 1GB /swap
/dev/hda6 reiserfs 30GB /
what did i do wrong ... is it not mounting correctly ... if so why does it actualy boot |
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It looks like you didn't change the line in /etc/fstab to check your /boot mount point. Instead of /dev/BOOT, it should read /dev/hda3. Also, /boot isn't mounted at boot. Ig you need to edit the files there, you need to mount it manually.
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wario
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I'm having the same problem, but I this I mounted everything right in fstab. I think I know my problem, is cuz I made the /hda1 boot ext3. I made the fstab reflect that, but it's still not working. Can the boot partition only be ext2?
Another problem I have is that it says it failed to initialize eth0, says that 'netmount' was not loaded.
not sure what that means.
last problem, when i log in it just goes to my prompt, and I'm having problems loading x windows. if it helps i'd like to run kde.
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Earthwings
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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| wario wrote: | I'm having the same problem, but I this I mounted everything right in fstab. I think I know my problem, is cuz I made the /hda1 boot ext3. I made the fstab reflect that, but it's still not working. Can the boot partition only be ext2?
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ext3 is ok, too. post /etc/fstab, we'll see...
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Another problem I have is that it says it failed to initialize eth0, says that 'netmount' was not loaded.
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check /etc/conf.d/net
I think there's documentation how to set it up in the install docs.
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last problem, when i log in it just goes to my prompt, and I'm having problems loading x windows. if it helps i'd like to run kde.
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if X is configured, 'rc-update add xdm default' and edit /etc/rc.conf to contain DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm". See the Desktop guide http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/desktop.xml |
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unhappyStar
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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you were correct ... thanx, man
the problem is that everything in fstab looks like this
/dev/BOOT /boot
/dev/ROOT /
/dev/SWAP swap
since all the other partition are not set up properly, why can i see what's in them and only the boot failed, should i correct all the other stuff too |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, fix the other ones too. I don't know why they worked properly. They shouldn't have.
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Earthwings
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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since all the other partition are not set up properly, why can i see what's in them and only the boot failed, should i correct all the other stuff too
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You were able to boot your kernel because grub was set up correctly to boot from that partition.
/ got mounted because of the line root=/dev/hd.. in grub.conf and thus you could see everything. swap was not activated. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Earthwings wrote: | | Quote: |
since all the other partition are not set up properly, why can i see what's in them and only the boot failed, should i correct all the other stuff too
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You were able to boot your kernel because grub was set up correctly to boot from that partition.
/ got mounted because of the line root=/dev/hd.. in grub.conf and thus you could see everything. swap was not activated. |
That's it, thanks. You learn something new everyday.
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now, i have corrected everthing. why can't i still see what is in /boot. even when i log in as root? any explaination
also none of my emu10k1 packages work
in the install doc it said to do "emerge emu10k1" but it always failed to download some xfree86 patch. some dude here advised to do "emerge -k emu10k1" this went through correctly but now at boot all the packages fail
what can i do |
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wario
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/dev/BOOT /boot ext3 noauto,noatime $
/dev/ROOT / xfs noatime $ |
that seems to be the lines that are pertinant. I have to use a KVM switch so I can't copy and paste.
another problem with the fstab, is that it won't let me modify it, even whem i'm logged in as root.
I entered 'netmount' into the conf.d/net
we'll see how that works after a reboot.
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wario
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 1:22 am Post subject: |
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alright, surfed some other posts, and replaced in the first line of fstab, /dev/BOOT with /dev/hda1
and that fixxxxxed that. now all I gotta tackle is that netmount thing. adding that into /etc/conf.d/net didn't work (longshot). any other suggestions before i rtfm like a noob?
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wario
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ohsnap.
ok, tried to do an ifconfig eth0, and this is what i got
# ifconfig eth0
eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
which is straight weird, because i run a router with dhcp, and when i was going through the install, it downloaded gangs of stuff off the internet, but now it's not working? i'm confuddled.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 2:59 am Post subject: |
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| unhappyStar wrote: | now, i have corrected everthing. why can't i still see what is in /boot. even when i log in as root? any explaination
also none of my emu10k1 packages work
in the install doc it said to do "emerge emu10k1" but it always failed to download some xfree86 patch. some dude here advised to do "emerge -k emu10k1" this went through correctly but now at boot all the packages fail
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/boot isn't mounted automatically. If you want to edit the files on it, you need to manually mount /boot.
will mount it for you and will unmount it when you are finished.
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| wario wrote: | ohsnap.
ok, tried to do an ifconfig eth0, and this is what i got
# ifconfig eth0
eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
which is straight weird, because i run a router with dhcp, and when i was going through the install, it downloaded gangs of stuff off the internet, but now it's not working? i'm confuddled. |
In /etc/confid/net, you need to set iface_eth0 to dhcp. Here are the relevant lines from my /etc/conf.d/net:
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# /etc/conf.d/net:
# $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/conf.d/net,v 1.7 2002/11/18 19:39:22 az$
# Global config file for net.* rc-scripts
# This is basically the ifconfig argument without the ifconfig $iface
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#iface_eth0="192.168.0.2 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0"
#iface_eth1="207.170.82.202 broadcast 207.0.255.255 netmask 255.255.0.0"
# For DHCP set iface_eth? to "dhcp"
# For passing options to dhcpcd use dhcpcd_eth?
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iface_eth0="dhcp"
#dhcpcd_eth0="..."
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The important part is "iface_eth0="dhcp"
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That's whats in there already.
If I'm reading this error correctly, it's saying that it's not that it can't poll a dhcp server, it's that it's not detecting the network card, which is strange because it's onboard, and it was working before during the installation.
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What is the output of lspci? Are you sure that you have compiled in support for your onboard NIC? Or compiled it as a module and the module is loaded? You could try booting into the livecd, and seeing what modules it loads. It should be pretty easy to pick out which module is for your NIC.
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Not sure if I put it in the kernel, or if I made a module for it. Basically if the instructions told me to do it, I did it.
I put in the livecd, booted up, and after it did the autoconfiguring devices thing, it went to Starting USB and PCI hotplugging, and then it says "network device eth0 detected. DHCP broadcasting for IP" and then it works just fine there, but rebooting, bam, nothing again. couldn't really decern a module name.
I tried following the manually configure your network settings thing by using ifconfig eth0 ip broadcast gateway but it just gave me 'device not found'
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| wario wrote: | Not sure if I put it in the kernel, or if I made a module for it. Basically if the instructions told me to do it, I did it.
I put in the livecd, booted up, and after it did the autoconfiguring devices thing, it went to Starting USB and PCI hotplugging, and then it says "network device eth0 detected. DHCP broadcasting for IP" and then it works just fine there, but rebooting, bam, nothing again. couldn't really decern a module name.
I tried following the manually configure your network settings thing by using ifconfig eth0 ip broadcast gateway but it just gave me 'device not found' |
It doesn't appear that you have support for your NIC in your kernel. The way to tell what modules are loaded is "lsmod". Run that from the livecd. That will tell you all of the modules that it loaded to make your computer functional. If you used genkernel, then all of the modules were compiled, it's up to you to insert them.
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wario
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 5:59 am Post subject: |
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8139too is running, with mii running off of that module.
8139 is a realtek model. it appears that we can use it for a generic nic driver and have everything work.
question now is, how to i get MY kernel to load 8139too?
(please help because I don't know anything!)
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 7:58 am Post subject: |
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| Try emerging hotplug, that should load your network card just like the LiveCD did. |
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Hotplug is one solution. You could also put the modules that you want loaded in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 12:46 am Post subject: |
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Both of these would be lovely if I hadn't just inadvertantly messed something up.
accidently entered something into my /etc/fstab in the wrong syntax, and now the system won't boot at all. when i go to try and correct it, it tells me it can't open the file because it's write protected or something.
anything i can do to fix this?
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| Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 1:22 am Post subject: |
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If you boot into the livecd and mount your root partition, you will be able to chroot over and edit your fstab that way.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 3:18 am Post subject: |
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forgive me for being a complete and total retard.
every time i try and mount something from the livecd, it tells me that whatever i'm trying to mount isn't located in /etc/fstab
if it helps my root is /dev/hda3 and i'm using reiserfs.
i tried mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/root, and that didn't work. altho i think i have the syntax right.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 4:45 am Post subject: |
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fixed it.
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