rc6 -> 1.0 upgrade

Kaypro · Guest

After doing the upgrade I never updated some links/files that needed to be done. After rebooting it says:

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For Gentoo Linux to function properly, "/dev/shm/.init.d" need to exist.
Please mount your root partition read/write, and execute:

#mkdir -p /dev/shm/.init.d

Give root password for maintenance
(or type Control-D for normal startup):
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So I do as it says and after rebooting, same thing. Also .init.d disapears.

Any ideas would be appreciated (short of reinstalling

Nitro · Posted: Fri May 03, 2002 9:06 pm Post subject:

What kernel are you running? I think (correct me if I'm wrong), but the shm device has been replaced by tmpfs. Perhaps upgrading your kernel and then trying it again would work. Make sure it includes the Virtual Memory Filesystem too.

Running mount -v on my xfs-source kernel shows

Kaypro · Guest

Thanks for the tip Nitro,

I'll try the kernel recompile but in the mean time here's what a mount -v returns for me:

tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,mode=0644,size=4m)

So do I have the correct one or not?

Thanks a bunch!

Kaypro

Kaypro · Guest

By the way, I'm running kernel 2.4.17-r5.

Nitro · Posted: Fri May 03, 2002 10:12 pm Post subject:

Your kernel should be fine, maybe some of your init scripts are out of date? Doesn't make any sense to me why it is mounting it in /dev.

Run: find /etc/init.d/ -iname '._cfg????_*' and see if it lists anything, if it does, try updating (if it seems relevant).

I personally like etc-update included in the gentoolkit, emerge gentoolkit.
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