Hello, Alan.
On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 16:08:39 -0400, Alan Grimes wrote:
Because my system was booting reliably, the penguins decided it was time
to jack around with the bootup code. Kernel 6.9 panics on boot because
the way the root partition is configured changed utterly...
Why, then, did you not configure your new machine like the old one,
relying on the notes you made when installing the old one? ;-)
Why kernel 6.9? I just looked at $ eshowkw gentoo-sources, and there is currently nothing there between 6.6.46 and 6.10.1.
When I installed my new machine, the bootup changed to some crazy
initramfs bs crap that I don't understand at all, and then is supposed
to go to my normal root partition on one of my M.2 sticks...
Why have you built it with an initramfs? You only need such if you have
an encrypted root partition, or a /usr not on the root partition, or
something like that, that prevents the kernel booting normally. I've
never had an initramfs.
It was working beautifully in 6.8 and earlier with:
ááááááá menuentry 'Gentoo GNU/Linux, with Linux 6.8.9-x86_64' --class
gentoo --cá ??????????????????ááááááááááá lass gnu-linux --class gnu
--class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-6.8.9-x86_64-advanced-d218b143-ba28-4614-b2c8-e93bb8614207' { load_video ???
ááááááááááááááá if [ "x$grub_platform" = xefi ]; then ?????????n
ááááááááááááááááááááááá set gfxpayload=keep ?????
fi ?
ááááááááááááááá insmod gzio ???
ááááááááááááááá insmod part_gpt ????
ááááááááááááááá insmod fat ???
ááááááááááááááá search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root BD38-02F6 ????????????6
ááááááááááááááá echoááá 'Loading Linux 6.8.9-x86_64 ...'ááááááááááááááááááááááááááá ? ????????
ááááááááááááááá linuxáá /vmlinuz-6.8.9-x86_64 root=UUID=d218b143-ba28-4614-b2c8- ?x?????????????? e93bb8614207 ro
ááááááááááááááá echoááá 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'áááááááááááááááááááááááááááááá ? ???????'
ááááááááááááááá initrdá /amd-uc.img /initramfs-6.8.9-x86_64.img
????????????
ááááááá }
Sorry, can't help with any of that.
I just mouse-copied from a cat to console so I have no idea where the
???? marks came from...
If you used GPM here for the mouse, possibly they're Ufffd characters,
i.e. ones which are outside the set of 256 which the console has been configured for.
Has anyone figured out how the new garbage is supposed to work? Has
anyone actually gotten it running? From my point of view any change to
the bootstrap code is strong evidence for fairly profound brain damage
...
I'd tend to agree. Are you sure there's been change, rather than you
just finding your way into a different section of the maze of options
that characterizes insalling Gentoo? I'd certainly be interested, given
how I've ordered a new machine for myself and expect to be going through
the process in maybe a week's time.
... unless a very specific failure class has been identified and well documented.... I mean going from linux 6 to linux 7, ... ok....
maybe... but for a point release? OUTRAGEOUS!!!!
There's nothing but point releases in the kernel, anyway. Going from
5.xx.yy to 6.1 just happend because Linus T felt it was time, not for
any specific new kernel features.
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