I'm trying to boot admincd from usb stick formatted with exfat But unfortunately iso doesn't boot because initramfs doesn't have exfat module rescueshell ~ # zcat /proc/config.gz | fgrep -i exfat # DOS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems CONFIG_EXFAT_FS=m CONFIG_EXFAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="utf8" # end of DOS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems rescueshell ~ # modprobe exfat modprobe: FATAL: Module exfat not found in directory /lib/modules/6.1.66-gentoo-x86_64 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Format usb stick with exfat 2. Copy admincd iso 3. Try to boot it with grub: menuentry "Gentoo Admin" { set isofile='/images/gentoo-admincd-amd64-20231210T170356Z.iso' loopback loop $isofile set root=(loop) linux /boot/gentoo root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc looptype=squashfs loop=/image.squashfs cdroot isoboot=$isofile keymap=us dosshd initrd /boot/gentoo.igz } Actual Results: Boot failed with "Media not found" error Expected Results: Image should boot
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/releng.git/commit/?id=9c7c7447effa0efc0f7f49ff01bd72c486b7baba commit 9c7c7447effa0efc0f7f49ff01bd72c486b7baba Author: Ben Kohler <bkohler@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-12-15 20:43:06 +0000 Commit: Ben Kohler <bkohler@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-12-15 20:50:06 +0000 kconfig/amd64: update to 6.6, add exfat, add various new drivers Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/911562 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/920041 Signed-off-by: Ben Kohler <bkohler@gentoo.org> releases/kconfig/amd64/amd64-6.6.7.config | 6745 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 6745 insertions(+)
