[SOLVED] LFS boot issue

jmc1987 · 09-21-2010, 01:10 AM

Okay roughly 17 hours later finished the LFS. I think my problem is how I compiled my kernel. When I boot my system it loads the kernel and then it gets to a point where is says it can't mount the NFS. The request a floppy with a prompt to press enter.

Could this be my kernel compile. If not where should I start trouble shooting. I didn't get any logs yet since the system has booted enough.

druuna · 09-21-2010, 09:40 AM

Hi,

A few questions:

1) Which partition did you use for LFS and for swap (Example: /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2),
2) What FS did you use to build LFS on. A linux related one like ext2/3/4 or reiser?
3) What does your /etc/fstab file look like?
4) What does you grub menu file look like (/boot/grub/grub.cfg).

Also, which LFS did you build: LFS 6.6 stable?

jmc1987 · 09-22-2010, 12:43 AM

/dev/sdb2 is / ext3 files system
/dev/sda2 is swap swap

fstab

Code:

# Begin /etc/fstab

# file system  mount-point  type   options         dump  fsck
#                                                        order

/dev/sdb2       /            ext3   defaults        1     1
/dev/sda2       swap         swap   pri=1           0     0
proc            /proc        proc   defaults        0     0
sysfs           /sys         sysfs  defaults        0     0
devpts          /dev/pts     devpts gid=4,mode=620  0     0
shm             /dev/shm     tmpfs  defaults        0     0
# End /etc/fstab

Just like the book

I am actually using LFS 6.3 Live CD and the sources that come with it. And if everything goes well I'll spend the time downloading and verifying each package since im on dialup.

Anyways just to note I did solve my boot issue for now. I took a slackware kernel config and used it to compile my kernel and I booted into the system. Now the only issue I have i get a warning

Quote:

Interface eth0 doesn't exist. [ WARN ]

I think this might have something to do with udev. How ever Im sure if I learn how to compile my kernel the rightway and not load it as a module it might just work.

and for grup I am using grub 1 off of ubuntu

Make a Linux system sure is alot of work.

druuna · 09-22-2010, 12:58 AM

Hi,

Glad to see you got your boot problem fixed.

Quote:

Interface eth0 doesn't exist. [ WARN ]

This most often tells you that the (correct) network driver wasn't found/initialized. Have a look at your Ubuntu/Slackware boot messages and look for eth. Select that driver and recompile the kernel to include it.

This might help looking: dmesg | grep -i eth. Something like this should appear:

Quote:

dmesg | grep -i eth
e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX

The bold line is what you are after, the driver name is in italics.

Hope this helps.

jmc1987 · 09-22-2010, 02:39 AM

Since my original issue is solved I am marking this thread I'll make a new thread if I can't resolve my network issue.

Just to recap
Boot Issue Resolved by recompiling kernel with the correct options

jmc1987 · 09-22-2010, 04:09 PM

Just an another update.

I decided to start fresh and rebuild my temp system tool chain and rebuild the LFS still using a slackware config file but my system boots up and has access to the network now.

I think some of my previous issues were being to tired and getting sloppy with the commands.