X-Original-To: alpine-user@lists.alpinelinux.org Received: from sonic311-23.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (sonic311-23.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [66.163.188.204]) by lists.alpinelinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CDF35C55EE for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2018 23:46:06 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s2048; t=1535154365; bh=WI1lvXli52Oet4d6WObfwSF9Z8po2c4n2WpUiwgjRuc=; h=Date:From:To:In-Reply-To:References:Subject:From:Subject; b=CvFhZMUybHEfW262vmXLE+ObDHpqpH5XBzRiQWZ8GywYwdYRrnwLOOOBN7bpEts7vsIuizai9cwtaI9UDqc4rL9wj8CX6nz9YG5mA9/ig6Cs3ola9Agrg9xRa/MHbAItKR335PQoqnJfTwC3oq45OCuKj7MdOvE3H+FqvNNG0VD+on/8ka8yjmWyX+Viy92MIcX5+39fBTkPWeGGXZVHl3KmA3r1RlZnM6vf/2HoTnJXRQMiRT+PSOS66i8kdOR5qa+oyq4Uf6JLq9V2wz58eFaBK4Yikoekul/I9AnUi2Bl/2/re53hZxYCHjvcWV/BpQJsdNercxw0BDl9jbOcGQ== X-YMail-OSG: 3tyDgoUVM1mzgjvxeJuPcrG1DaSbdyqK8hunIeset4eDaOf86uswju4rDUQnHW7 5942adVTei7WLK_Lq4FhqZQ36s44EwiQNny9vrv6e2ClrKUd5LarfX5Tx0QYwlUlaW3Lq_PhTtA0 yWrdc63SEBX86Yw7u_okG5R3qwg9EOZXgSC__Zmk3I1a4dslI34Nb3OhIk196Hcwq4uaxOiiN4fN siMukK7h36DC5sS84_pwVWjvSdU45aKWM3AirkmMQmfJ3b2sWyp6Wl0Ghn5IUE4UPMMHf50pnGcI Sa1YwOawXZtPwLD7OIRAlFAXyWiybJQzacJjujh4RFXOYpeBHz0MjRBMI9Fo9cA36atqik31Zxi4 8E0oURCnzMUDL6mNAU_bbWJ5VaYGGOK0tTnEC0GQJfVluDlTBV6voDBH6BdVF00NYCvW5Lzyxhwp 38eKDE_5v6Jjmth9299N7afkY0L1PpJALguazLgqfR5lOSh2HLOlSLV0pE0ea.0xv.X_IFzpWEl_ kGkeupabqDw8exByy68Bp1IO7wPZxNWfqoeN9Fk8RlAMvMlT6kiWU.BjBm7U0acpS2FpNJ39lX0z unEnGdIF7lB8mmFYhaaFwJhZYhXaEq2mjVgzz6Yo.oHFLrXh9Gmzo1ucY_I0AuFL29nAMkV1QQUQ o2cUskVKUFmQ01DuEd9i1mtd4BctE.U0wgNwuuTD5dOZ5dcoQAwWhrQldR2DXvoZ4AZkRue_37dx yjPzrY7qua.Odd1QN61B8kcXuIW6etuyrx3WqsRCq7aBYVgHt2p92UATqWKehSBR.nr1CV0LwbQ7 511IwOM9kdHqW8ZQ1l7wNgw3p02e9ZPkfTYUV.LNR9Un2URMLmNFpWIfkjOASzBmF0iw8XNvTIza 0N_AIhLOEv3LrpJF74ovmj8Un1bVZqeH0kkdMjXyqU9B8YoIuSaLkqKuu0ADJRycs0m4CxulhTOu AfEOA33Of6ODz5D0a6Ir8kMrS2Kc- Received: from sonic.gate.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sonic311.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with HTTP; Fri, 24 Aug 2018 23:46:05 +0000 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 23:46:01 +0000 (UTC) From: Steven Nunez To: alpine-user@lists.alpinelinux.org, Message-ID: <1201711238.3538327.1535154361435@mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: References: <1264776943.3054028.1535076444343.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1264776943.3054028.1535076444343@mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [alpine-user] Boot process cannot mount filesystem X-Mailinglist: alpine-user Precedence: list List-Id: Alpine Development List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_3538326_187022394.1535154361433" X-Mailer: WebService/1.1.12262 YMailNorrin Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:61.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/61.0 ------=_Part_3538326_187022394.1535154361433 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I used the extended 3.8 ISO (32bit). It does work now using EFI, though I = cannot quite say what was wrong. I suspect it was me experimenting with bot= h syslinux, refind and MBR boots. Thanks,=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Steve On Friday, August 24, 2018, 11:08:26 PM GMT+8, wro= te: =20 =20 Did you install using the sys option from the official 3.8 iso? Standard o= r extended? You mentioned efi, do you boot using efi? Is there a built-in e= fi support on a 07 mac? Have you tried mbr? Not directly related to the error you're getting, but I tried evaluating 3.= 8 in a recent version of virtualbox, the iso could never boot using both ef= i and mbr. 3.7 worked fine however. On my other machine, 3.8 boots fine with efi only, mbr won't work. I was wo= ndering whether i could have mbr with an older version and have discovered = that the most recent alpine which could boot this particular machine with m= br is version 3.5.2. Bottom line is, i'd try an older version of alpine and go from there. Lucki= ly, flash drives are fast and the iso images are small enough to go through= the alpine versions On 2018 8 24 02:07:24 UTC, Steven Nunez wrote: Gents, I'm trying to install and evaluate Alpine 3.8.0 on an old 32bit Mac Mini ci= rca 2007. All seems to be working, except that in the boot process I receiv= e: "mounting /dev/sda3 on /sysroot failed: no such file or directory" At first my search lead me to think that because I installed a 64 bit files= ystem on that partition, and syslinux does not support it, we were seeing t= his error. Sadly, reverting to a 32 bit ext for (with resize2fs -s /dev/sda= 3) has not effect. What is odd is that once dropped into the emergency shell, I can mount the = filesystem with 'mount -t ext4 /dev/sda3 /sysroot' and exit, and all works = just fine. Just out of desperation I tried modifying /etc/fstab and a few o= ther mounting related files, all with no effect, which leads me to believe = this is happening somewhere in step 4 of the boot sequence, just before thi= ngs are handed over to openrc. Does anyone know where exactly this mounting is done? I also checked refine= d (the EFI 'manager' I am using on this Mac) and it correctly specifies the= UUID for this disk. I've been at this for 3 days and have exhausted all th= e documentation and searching there is; hoping some of the experts here can= help. Regards, =20 ------=_Part_3538326_187022394.1535154361433 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I used the extended 3.8 ISO (32bit). It does work now using EF= I, though I cannot quite say what was wrong. I suspect it was me experiment= ing with both syslinux, refind and MBR boots.

Than= ks,
    Steve

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On Friday, August 24, 2018, 11:08:26 PM GMT+8, <lac= told@airmail.cc> wrote:


Did you install using t= he sys option from the official 3.8 iso? Standard or extended? You mentione= d efi, do you boot using efi? Is there a built-in efi support on a 07 mac? = Have you tried mbr?

Not directly related to the error you're getting, but I tried evaluating 3.= 8 in a recent version of virtualbox, the iso could never boot using both ef= i and mbr. 3.7 worked fine however.

On my other machine, 3.8 boots fine with efi only, mbr won't work. I was wo= ndering whether i could have mbr with an older version and have discovered = that the most recent alpine which could boot this particular machine with m= br is version 3.5.2.

Bottom line is, i'd try an older version of alpine and go from there. Lucki= ly, flash drives are fast and the iso images are small enough to go through= the alpine versions

On 2018 8 24 02:07:24 UTC, Steven Nunez <steve_nunez@= yahoo.com> wrote:
Gents,

I'm trying to install and evaluate Alpine 3.8.0 on an old 32b= it Mac Mini circa 2007. All seems to be working, except that in the boot pr= ocess I receive:

"m= ounting /dev/sda3 on /sysroot failed: no such file or directory"

At first my search lead me to= think that because I installed a 64 bit filesystem on that partition, and = sy= slinux does not support it, we were seeing this error. Sadly, reverting= to a 32 bit ext for (with resize2fs -s /dev/sda3) has not effect.

What is odd is that = once dropped into the emergency shell, I can mount the filesystem with 'mou= nt -t ext4 /dev/sda3 /sysroot' and exit, and all works just fine. Just out = of desperation I tried modifying /etc/fstab and a few other mounting relate= d files, all with no effect, which leads me to believe this is happening so= mewhere in step 4 of the boot sequence, just before things are han= ded over to openrc.

Does an= yone know where exactly this mounting is done? I also checked refined (the = EFI 'manager' I am using on this Mac) and it correctly specifies the UUID f= or this disk. I've been at this for 3 days and have exhausted all the docum= entation and searching there is; hoping some of the experts here can help.<= /div>

Regards,
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