genkernel do not performs mount of boot partition with MOUNTBOOT option enabled: $ grep MOUNTBOOT /etc/genkernel.conf MOUNTBOOT="yes" Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Actual Results: $ ls -1 /boot System.map-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r1 initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r1 kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r1 $ mount | grep boot $ Expected Results: $ ls -1 /boot System.map System.map-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r1 boot grub initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r1 kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r1 lost+found vmlinuz $ mount | grep boot /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw,noatime) Portage 2.0.51.22-r1 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6.11-livecd i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-livecd i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 ccache version 2.4 [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.8 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/home/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.aiya.ru/pub/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.aiya.ru/pub/gentoo/" LANG="ru_RU.UTF-8" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow 3dnowext X aac aalib acpi alsa apm avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts cdparanoia cdr crypt cups curl dga divx4linux dnd dts dvd dvdread emboss encode esd fam fbcon flac foomaticdb gdbm ggi gif gimp gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal imagemagick imlib jack java jpeg jpeg2k kde kdeenablefinal lcms ldap libcaca libg++ libwww lirc lm_sensors lzo mad mikmod mmx mmxext mng motif mozilla mozsvg mozxmlterm mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls nptl nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl pic png python qt quicktime readline rtc samba scanner sdl slang spell sse ssl svg svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb userlocales vidix vorbis wmf xanim xface xine xml xml2 xmms xprint xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
it works for me in _pre17