[SOLVED] ArchISO Doesn't boot

sHyLoCk · 2010-02-14 11:27:00

So we are having a bit of a trouble building ArchBang using ArchISO-git package. I tried with testing enabled and disabled and hence I think the problem is elsewhere. When i boot I get the message:

Waiting 30 seconds for /dev/archiso

and after a while it drops me off to ramfs$ prompt!
The Makefile is the plain Makefile found here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archiso#Makefile

Last edited by sHyLoCk (2010-02-22 05:15:34)

sHyLoCk · 2010-02-14 18:44:27

Ok after today's mkinitcpio update I'm getting this:

Svenstaro · 2010-02-14 20:54:09

That is very interesting. Let me check that out. It is a hook problem and you can see exactly where it fails "mounting /dev/loop0 on /tmpfs/blahblah". This might be a problem introduced by the new mkinitcpio. You can look into the hook though and see what might cause it. I'm almost sure that it is a command with a flag that was valid in klibc that no longer is valid.

Amnon82 · 2010-02-14 22:51:26

Well, we have also problems with the new mkinitcpio so we where forced to use old pkgs to get our release done. We had those hooks:

HOOKS="base udev pata scsi sata usb firmware larch1 larch2___aufs___ larch3"

firmware is known to not work anymore. autodetect should be added. Will wait some days then I take it on and recheck the issues I have with mkinitcpio.

sHyLoCk · 2010-02-15 09:54:32

Removed fw, added autodetect still problem persists!

HOOKS="base archiso-early udev archiso autodetect pata scsi sata usb filesystems usbinput"

While trying with an older archiso version, I get the previous error of ramfs$
Any other ideas?

gradgrind · 2010-02-15 17:26:14

Amnon82 wrote:

Well, we have also problems with the new mkinitcpio so we where forced to use old pkgs to get our release done. We had those hooks:
HOOKS="base udev pata scsi sata usb firmware larch1 larch2___aufs___ larch3"
firmware is known to not work anymore. autodetect should be added. Will wait some days then I take it on and recheck the issues I have with mkinitcpio.

Where do you get the information that autodetect should be added? Has something changed about autodetect?

Mr Green · 2010-02-15 19:07:02

Note: As of the current date, the archiso in extra is not up-to-date enough to follow this guide and its usage is therefore not recommended.

From wiki page!

sHyLoCk · 2010-02-16 02:14:10

Yeah, I am not using archiso from extra but from here.

jowilkin · 2010-02-16 02:23:37

We over at the ArchServer project are having problems with ArchISO also (www.archserver.org). I'll let you know if we find a workaround. Keep us posted on your progress too!

sHyLoCk · 2010-02-16 02:31:50

Thanks. I'm over there at AS as well. Not active but will let you guys know if I find some thing. Same with chakra.
Trying out different ways like downgrading the system and using pacman -S from local repos. Let's see if that works.

godane · 2010-02-17 19:18:58

@sHyLoCk
I updated my archiso-live scripts to support busybox like 3 weeks ago. I had more problems compiling busybox then updating the scripts. I have it working anyway.

http://github.com/godane/archiso-live

I hope this helps.

Dieter@be · 2010-02-18 12:30:37

godane, shylock, other image-building-guys.
it would be useful if you could subscribe to the arch-releng mailing list and discuss your issues there.
I've been having similar issues, and the ML seems like the most appropriate place to discuss these things in a certral place
http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-releng

wantilles · 2010-02-18 21:06:19

@ Shylock

Larch 5.3 suffers from the exact same problem, and it definitely has to do with the new mkinitcpio.

See more here:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=91124

Dieter@be · 2010-02-18 21:16:19

releng builds boot fine btw. using the latest mkinitcpio from core and archiso from git

sHyLoCk · 2010-02-19 11:06:08

New error:

:: Begin build
:: Parsing hook [base]
FATAL: Hook 'archiso-early' can not be found.
make: *** ["work"/iso/boot/myarch.img] Error 1

Svenstaro · 2010-02-19 11:08:46

The hook has been renamed to archiso_early, careful!

sHyLoCk · 2010-02-19 11:22:10

Damn, why do I post before reading the diffs! Really sorry.

wantilles · 2010-02-20 14:32:01

Still, any system made from archISO is not bootable.

Suffering from this same error.

Tried it again with today's git snapshot.

sHyLoCk · 2010-02-20 14:51:39

Me too.

For now we are using larch7 for building our ArchBang105. It works fine.

wantilles · 2010-02-20 15:18:47

sHyLoCk wrote:

Me too.
For now we are using larch7 for building our ArchBang105. It works fine.

I've been using larch 5.3 for many months now and I am familiar with it.

IMHO, using larch7 is a waste of time. Why:

- It is not as configurable as larch5.3 is.
- GUIs are buggy, unpredictable, and inflexible.
- Gradgrind eventually will abandon it, as he did with larch5.3.

djgera · 2010-02-20 15:25:37

current archiso git requires unreleased mkinitcpio 0.9.3 (use git for now) or reset archiso git to commit 22f91073

djgera · 2010-02-20 15:32:30

pacman -S devtools
mkarchroot /tmp/pichicho base
mkarchroot -r bash /tmp/pichicho
pacman -S git squashfs-tools syslinux devtools cdrkit make asciidoc
cd /tmp
git clone git://projects.archlinux.org/mkarchiso.git
git clone git://projects.archlinux.org/archiso.git
cd mkarchiso
make install
cd ../archiso/archiso
make install
cd ../configs/syslinux-iso/
make net-iso

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sHyLoCk · 2010-02-20 15:40:37

I did a git reset to commit 22f91073. Will post the outcome here. Thanks djgera!

wantilles · 2010-02-20 18:34:31

Commit 22f91073 works with current mkinitcpio and produces working bootable media.

Bye-bye non-functional larch7.

Svenstaro · 2010-02-21 19:40:36

Guys help me keep the wiki article up to date when you find that stuff changes and you know how to update it so it works.

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