As discussed in the linked Gentoo Forums thread, attempting to boot a genkernel-3.3.3 generated kernel (gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r6) with initramfs support fails with the following error messages: .: 8: Can't open /etc/startup.conf Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! The problem occurs on both my amd64 and x86 (Athlon XP) systems. Initially, this was thought to be related to enabling genflash, but the problem persists when gensplash and splash-related boot parameters are removed. I have not tried rolling back genkernel to an earlier version (3.3.3 is marked stable.) Here is an example of a grub entry that generates the error: title Gentoo Linux (2.6.12-gentoo-r6) root (hd0,0) kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc real_root=/dev/hda3 video=vesa:ywrap,pmipal,mtrr,1280x1024-32@85 splash=verbose,theme:default CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 quiet initrd /initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 And the workaround: title Gentoo Linux (2.6.12-gentoo-r6) root (hd0,0) kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesa:ywrap,pmipal,mtrr,1280x1024-32@85 Output from emerge info (for the x86 box): Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 dev-lang/python: 2.4.1-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.11 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -ftracer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -ftracer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" LANG="en_AU" LC_ALL="en_AU" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.au.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow X alsa apache2 apm arts avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts chroot crypt cscope cups curl dvd emboss encode fam foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imap imlib ipv6 java jpeg kde libg++ libwww lm_sensors mad maildir mikmod mmap mmx motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang snmp spamassassin spell ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts userlocales virus-scan vorbis xml2 xmms xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
*sigh* Be sure to emerge sync before filing bugs... this one is resolved in 3.3.4 and 3.3.5, which should be hitting portage shortly, but 3.3.4 has been in for a while.
Hmm, I emerged genkernel this morning (~7hrs ago). What do you call "has been in for a while"? Anyways, thanks for fixing it :-)
3.3.4 wasn't on the local (Australian) mirror when I posted the bug, but it appears to be there now.
