genkernel looks for /boot in /etc/fstab. I have a configuration where /boot is not mounted separately as it is on the main partition, and I receive the following error message (but genkernel does not abort, so it's only a cosmetic problem, I think): * Gentoo Linux Genkernel; Version 3.0.2a * Compiling Linux Kernel 2.6.6-rc1 for x86... mount: can't find /boot in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab * WARNING: Failed to mount /boot! Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Portage 2.0.50-r6 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.6-rc1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.6-rc1 i586 AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor Gentoo Base System version 1.4.9 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=k6-2 -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=k6-2 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ ftp://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://128.213.5.34/gentoo/ http://gentoo.seren.com/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X Xaw3d aalib accessibility acl acpi aim alsa apm arts avi berkdb bidi bonobo caps cdr cjk crypt cups curl dga doc dvb dvd dvdr emacs emacs-w3 encode esd ethereal evo fam fbcon flac flash foomaticdb gb gd gdbm ggi gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml icq imagemagick imap imlib ipv6 jabber java jpeg junit kde ladcca lcms ldap leim lesstif libg++ libgda libwww lirc mad mbox mcal memlimit mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg mpi msn mysql nas ncurses nls nocd odbc oggvorbis opengl oscar oss pam pda pdflib perl png ppds prelude python qt quicktime readline samba sasl scanner sdl slang slp snmp socks5 speex spell sse ssl svga svgalib tcltk tcpd tetex theora tiff truetype unicode usb vhosts videos wmf wxwindows x86 xface xinerama xml xml2 xmms xosd xv yahoo zlib"
Hi, Could you try the following patch please and see if this solves the issue? >>> [ Snip here ] --- /usr/share/genkernel/genkernel 2004-04-11 15:17:02.000000000 +0100 +++ /usr/share/genkernel/genkernel-48339 2004-05-01 23:00:59.000000000 +0100 @@ -72,19 +72,22 @@ # Check /boot is mounted if ! grep -q "/boot" /proc/mounts then - if isTrue ${MOUNTBOOT} + if grep -q "/boot" /etc/fstab then - if ! mount /boot + if isTrue ${MOUNTBOOT} then - print_warning 1 "${BOLD}WARNING${NORMAL}: Failed to mount /boot!" - echo + if ! mount /boot + then + print_warning 1 "${BOLD}WARNING${NORMAL}: Failed to mount /boot!" + echo + else + print_info 1 "mount: /boot mounted successfully!" + fi else - print_info 1 "mount: /boot mounted successfully!" + print_warning 1 "${BOLD}WARNING${NORMAL}: No mounted /boot partition detected!" + print_warning 1 ' Run ``mount /boot`` to mount it!' + echo fi - else - print_warning 1 "${BOLD}WARNING${NORMAL}: No mounted /boot partition detected!" - print_warning 1 ' Run ``mount /boot`` to mount it!' - echo fi fi <<< [ Snip here ] Thanks!
The following hunks are rejected ;-( (Genkernel 3.0.2a) *************** *** 72,90 **** # Check /boot is mounted if ! grep -q "/boot" /proc/mounts then - if isTrue ${MOUNTBOOT} then - if ! mount /boot then - print_warning 1 "${BOLD}WARNING${NORMAL}: Failed to mount /boot!" - echo else - print_info 1 "mount: /boot mounted successfully!" fi - else - print_warning 1 "${BOLD}WARNING${NORMAL}: No mounted /boot partition detected!" - print_warning 1 ' Run ``mount /boot`` to mount it!' - echo fi fi --- 72,93 ---- # Check /boot is mounted if ! grep -q "/boot" /proc/mounts then + if grep -q "/boot" /etc/fstab then + if isTrue ${MOUNTBOOT} then + if ! mount /boot + then + print_warning 1 "${BOLD}WARNING${NORMAL}: Failed to mount /boot!" + echo + else + print_info 1 "mount: /boot mounted successfully!" + fi else + print_warning 1 "${BOLD}WARNING${NORMAL}: No mounted /boot partition detected!" + print_warning 1 ' Run ``mount /boot`` to mount it!' + echo fi fi fi
Hm; it should all apply - did you ensure that the tabs weren't converted to spaces?
Is it for 3.0.2a? Could you attach the patch as file so I can try it again?
Created attachment 30530 [details, diff] Patch, for 3.0.2a Patch attached.
Thanks! Unfortunately, it still does not work :( root@floeff2:~ # patch -p0 < patch patching file /usr/share/genkernel/genkernel root@floeff2:~ # genkernel all * Gentoo Linux Genkernel; Version 3.0.2a * Compiling Linux Kernel 2.6.6-rc1 for x86... mount: Konnte /boot nicht in /etc/fstab oder /etc/mtab finden * WARNING: Failed to mount /boot! * kernel: >> Running mrproper... [...]
Hm; would you happen to have any occurances of /boot, commented or not in /etc/fstab? If so, can you try changing the 'if grep -q "/boot" /etc/fstab' line to 'if egrep -q "^/boot" /etc/fstab' and see if that helps...
Created attachment 30672 [details] my /etc/fstab file
Your patch (grep -> egrep) seems to work, no errors anymore ;)
> 'if egrep -q "^/boot" /etc/fstab' and see if that helps... i think that in fstab /boot is never at the begining of the line, it's the device and then the mountpoint. maybe you could try something like this: if ( egrep -v "#" /etc/fstab | egrep -q "/boot" ) so you'll know if you have an uncommented "/boot" entry.
Ah; "egrep '^[^#].+'$'\t''/boot'$'\t' /etc/fstab" should work then...
*** Bug 53493 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Fixed in genkernel-3.0.2b; it should reach Portage from CVS in half-an-hour. Thanks!
