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And +</I>>><i> also can you state which initrd generator you are using, mkinitrd or dracut. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Col +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> sysvinit I believe (how can I confirm this?) and mkinitrd (simply did a +</I>><i> cauldron update which included a kernel update - don't even have dracut +</I>><i> installed. +</I> +Yeah this is probably just udev not liking the fact that mkinitrd does +not setup /run as a tmpfs mount. + +Dracut runs udev from the initrd and thus setups up /run etc. + +So please try installing dracut and regenerating the initrd: dracut -f +/boot/initrd-3.1.4-desktop-2.mga2.img + +Make sure you have a working initrd saved just in case you need it +before running this command: e.g. cp +/boot/initrd-3.1.4-desktop-2.mga2.img /boot/arg.img + +This way you can always edit your grub command to specify this initrd +manually in the case of a hideous failure! + + +We'll likely be forcing dracut on people pretty soon anyway and might +drop mkinitrd completely from mga2, so it's worth giving us feedback if +you can :) + +Cheers + +Col + + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +colin(at)mageia.org +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited <A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A> +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A> + PulseAudio Hacker <A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A> + Trac Hacker <A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="010225.html">[Mageia-dev] New errors during boot (since latest Cauldron updates) +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="010232.html">[Mageia-dev] ANN: x11-server 1.11.2 landing +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#10228">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#10228">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#10228">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#10228">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |