Created attachment 322870 [details] Screenshot For details please see screenshot
Same here, noticed it with various install ISOs since around February 2012, including 20121013. Just dug in deeper and compared to an old 20120112 iso that worked, and created a workaround. I'll attach a diff to etc/initrd.scripts (inside isolinux/gentoo.igz) that gets past the problem for me; the relevant change is: - LOOPEXT='../' + LOOPEXT='../../newroot/mnt/' _However_, this is probably not the right fix. Marc, can you confirm that that works around it for you? Steps to shim that change in: ISODATE=20121013 mkdir -p install-amd64-minimal-${ISODATE} losetup /dev/loop0 install-amd64-minimal-${ISODATE}.iso mount -o ro /dev/loop0 install-amd64-minimal-${ISODATE} cp -a install-amd64-minimal-${ISODATE} install-amd64-minimal-${ISODATE}-r1 umount install-amd64-minimal-${ISODATE} losetup -d /dev/loop0 cd install-amd64-minimal-${ISODATE}-r1/isolinux mkdir gentoo_new && cd gentoo_new gunzip -c ../gentoo.igz | cpio -idv patch -p1 < /path/to/gentoo_initrd_docache_fix.diff find . -print | cpio -o -H newc |gzip -9 -c - > ../gentoo.igz cd ../.. rm -r isolinux/gentoo_new mkisofs -o ../install-amd64-minimal-${ISODATE}-r1.iso -quiet -r -J -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table . cd .. rm -rf install-amd64-minimal-${ISODATE}-r1 ...And now booting install-amd64-minimal-${ISODATE}-r1.iso with and without docache should work.
Created attachment 327370 [details, diff] Patch to fix 'docache' on recent ISOs. See bug comment for instructions on how to apply.
Hi there, which version of genkernel is included there? The patch you provided does not apply against latest Git HEAD: # patch defaults/initrd.scripts < gentoo_initrd_docache_fix.diff patching file defaults/initrd.scripts Hunk #1 FAILED at 189. 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file defaults/initrd.scripts.rej If you look at the commit http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/genkernel.git;a=commitdiff;h=8ac8de605504c830b411be0d8eaa597e49ac75b1 introduced with genkernel release 3.4.26, the removed code looks like the one your patch is addressing. So my guess right now is that genkernel <3.4.26 is included and an update of the included genkernel could help to solve the issue. What do you think?
Sorry, I don't use genkernel myself and I don't know my way around it, didn't trace it back that far. Looks to me like the commit you pointed to fixes / would fix this. I don't know what genkernel version is used to build the install-amd64-minimal ISOs, but I agree, it must be older than that. Should I open a new bug that says "please build install ISOs with updated genkernel"?
x86/amd64 autobuilds are now (within the last couple of weeks) being built with brand new catalyst, I believe the newest isos are fixed. Can you guys confirm?
Oh, I had kind of forgotten about this bug, sorry. Newer ISOs have worked for me, within the last week or two. Definitely install-amd64-minimal-20130516.iso works for me. I had taught myself to stop trying docache for a period of several months, so I couldn't pinpoint when it started working again. Thanks!
Closing per last comment.
