Bug 339081 – bootloader cannot find kernel file

• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Igor 2010-09-29 08:31:57 UTC]

farmshop ~ # uname -a
Linux farmshop 2.6.32-gentoo-r7 #1 SMP Wed Sep 22 13:59:03 MSD 2010 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7500 @ 2.93GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

to reproduce bug:
1. genkernel --menuconfig bzImage
2. Add ext4 support to kernel (include ext4 support to kernel)
3. rebuild kernel
4. reboot
5. bootloader cannot find kernel file.

[Comment 1 Sylvain GRIALOU 2010-09-29 20:21:21 UTC]

this may not be related to gentoo, normally the kernel should fallback to ext3, then ext2 when checking for FS, do you also have built-in ext3 ? be sure to set a normal config concerning experimental or testing options

[Comment 2 Sylvain GRIALOU 2010-09-29 20:22:47 UTC]

also genkernel line should be :

genkernel --menuconfig all

(not just bzImage)

[Comment 3 Michael Weber (RETIRED) 2010-09-29 20:38:36 UTC]

Have you tried to set `rootfstype=ext4` in the kernel command line?

[Comment 4 Michael Weber (RETIRED) 2010-09-29 20:40:03 UTC]

Can you please give us more information? like `emerge --info`?
Which bootloader do you use? Can you please attach the config file?

[Comment 5 Igor 2010-10-01 08:30:23 UTC]

(In reply to comment #2)
> also genkernel line should be :
> 
> genkernel --menuconfig all
> 
> (not just bzImage)
> 
I know.

[Comment 6 Igor 2010-10-01 08:31:15 UTC]

(In reply to comment #4)
> Can you please give us more information? like `emerge --info`?
> Which bootloader do you use? Can you please attach the config file?
> 

farmshop ~ # emerge --info
Portage 2.1.8.3 (default/linux/amd64/10.0, gcc-4.3.4, glibc-2.11.2-r0, 2.6.32-gentoo-r7 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-2.6.32-gentoo-r7-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_E7500_@_2.93GHz-with-gentoo-1.12.13
Timestamp of tree: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:30:01 +0000
app-shells/bash:     4.0_p37
dev-lang/python:     2.6.5-r3, 3.1.2-r4
dev-util/cmake:      2.8.1-r2
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.13
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.6-r2
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.65
sys-devel/automake:  1.11.1
sys-devel/binutils:  2.20.1-r1
sys-devel/gcc:       4.3.4, 4.4.3-r2
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1
sys-devel/libtool:   2.2.6b
sys-devel/make:      3.81-r2
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.30-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/bind"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="assume-digests distlocks fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.yandex.ru/gentoo-distfiles/"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="acl amd64 berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cups cxx dri fortran gdbm gpm iconv ipv6 mmx modules mudflap multilib ncurses nls nptl nptlonly openmp pam pcre perl pppd python readline reflection session sse sse2 ssl sysfs tcpd unicode xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint intel mach64 mga neomagic nouveau nv r128 radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa via vmware voodoo" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY

[Comment 7 Igor 2010-10-01 08:35:44 UTC]

(In reply to comment #4)
> Can you please give us more information? like `emerge --info`?
> Which bootloader do you use? Can you please attach the config file?
> 

bootloader - grub

[Comment 8 Igor 2010-10-01 08:38:25 UTC]

Created attachment 249141 [details]
kernel config file with disabled ext4

[Comment 9 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) 2010-10-05 05:01:51 UTC]

What's the spam for?