Re: 2.6.35-rc4, no boot

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>]

On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:42:09 -0700 Eric W. Biederman wrote:

> Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Phenom 9550, 4G ram, asus m2n-sli deluxe mobo, all sata drives (4 + optical 
> > burner)
> >
> > I have now built 35-rc4 4 times, the last 2 with
> >
> > 2.6.31-12-mdv.config & make oldconfig (lots of accepts), & build
> >
> > And a working .config from 2.6.35-rc3 + make oldconfig (no changes reported) 
> > & build.
> >
> > Both fail at the attached image point booting from a grub2 menu on a 
> > different drive that has been working with rc3 for quite a few boots but its 
> > all bitchy this morning so is booted to the mdv 2.6.31-12 kernel above ATM.
> >
> > Last .config also attached.
> >
> > What do I need to do here?
> 
> That does sound bizarre.  You have some weird initrd dependency on the
> kernel doing something, but it isn't clear to me what that might be.
> Shrug.
> 
> Not being able to mount /dev and /sys feels like they simply weren't
> compiled in.  But your config suggests otherwise.

I would change the second line below to be enabled:

CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y
# CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT is not set

and give that a shot.

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~Randy
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