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#1 2010-01-31 05:21:01

imrehg
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hard drive is missing from /dev at boot, even if it's actually in mtab

Hi,

  I have custom compiled kernel, that was working very well so far. Recently there must been some upgrades I didn't noticed, because I cannot boot my kernel any more.

  Here's what happens with my kernel:
  - Root is /dev/sda2 with ext4
  - Boot starts off well, /dev/sda2 is mounted according to the log
  - when checking file systems, boot stops saying that the partition has some problems, log in as root and fix it
  - when I log in, check /etc/mtab, /dev/sda2 listed just as there should be, I can see the whole filesystem, and everything. But /dev/ is missing all the sda entries ....

  When I boot the official kernel:
  - Everything is mounted, filesystem check passed, boots well....

The reason I think it's a recent change not my kernel is wrong, because downgrading my self-compiled kernel to a version that I used successfully before, that has the same issue as well....

Any ideas?

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#2 2010-02-02 22:31:12

Zack89
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Re: hard drive is missing from /dev at boot, even if it's actually in mtab

Add it into fstab. Should fix it.


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#3 2010-02-03 01:43:58

imrehg
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Re: hard drive is missing from /dev at boot, even if it's actually in mtab

Sure, my mount options are listed in fstab...

But this does not explain why is the entry missing from /dev and then how can I still see the contents but not boot...

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#4 2010-02-06 01:05:50

naitsabesn
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Re: hard drive is missing from /dev at boot, even if it's actually in mtab

Fu..! I´ve got the same problem. I just made a update and  now i am out...

I am missing my sda* entries with my custom kernel! The update broke my system!!!!

Is there a nice broken glibc or something like that?

Last edited by naitsabesn (2010-02-06 01:06:50)

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#5 2010-02-06 05:43:40

imrehg
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Re: hard drive is missing from /dev at boot, even if it's actually in mtab

naitsabesn wrote:

Fu..! I´ve got the same problem. I just made a update and  now i am out...

I am missing my sda* entries with my custom kernel! The update broke my system!!!!

Is there a nice broken glibc or something like that?

Check this other thread: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=90129
Posted a possible solution there.

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#6 2010-02-06 09:40:31

naitsabesn
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Re: hard drive is missing from /dev at boot, even if it's actually in mtab

Yes, that solved my problem & makes sense...

Thank you very much!!!!!

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