[Wlug] I am getting discouraged with Gentoo on ULTRA1

[Eric Martin]

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Did you use udev?  There's a spot about using a certain profile if
you're using the 2.4.  Udev only works on 2.6 and up (and not on some of
the older 2.6 kernels).  Reboot with the livecd chroot, enter the
chrooted environment and check your kernel config for DEVFS.  Make sure
it's compiled in (Not a module) and it's set to mount automatically at
boot.  Also, make sure that udev isn't installed (emerge -s udev) and if
it is uninstall it (emerge --unmerge udev).

Eric

ken jones wrote:
> For those of you who are kind enough to care....sigh.
> 
> On my Ultra1 I succeeded in following the directions in 
> <http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-sparc.xml>
> to the letter, or so I thought.  I "emerge'd" successfully.  I
> compiled successfully.  I chroot'd successfully.  I removed
> the CD from its drive. I boot'd and I got the following.
> 
> yadda yadda yadda....
> VFs: Mounted root(ext3 filesystem) readonly
> Mounted devfs on /dev
> FATAL: kernel too old
> Unimplemented SPARC system call 188
> Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
> Press Li-A to return to the  boot prom
> 
> I compiled kernel-2.4.34. I chose 2.4 over 2.6 because the
> handbook hinted I should..
> 
> Now I do not even know what questions to ask myself.  I checked
> Google on the "kernel too old" message and the "Attempted to
> kill" message.  I could not understand the few matches that
> it found.
> 
> My bet is that I need bigger SCSI hard drives.
> I'll also be glad to shut up if this is getting boring.
> 
> Ken
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