Hi,
Just completed CLFS Multilib build using Version 1.2.0 book without any major problems in the chroot environment.
Copied the new kernel to a pre-existing /boot partition and modified menu.lst to boot with per-existing grub.
The kernel appears to load but the bootscripts initially failed with a checkfs error '..Press Enter to Continue'.
Pressing Enter does nothing.
After removing the fsck option from fstab the boot scripts run without error to the login prompt but I can't enter a
username; the keyboard appears not to be responding. The only thing that works is the reboot button.
The syslog file is written and looks ok; the only reference to keyboards is
kernel: [ 1.561827] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
and the only errors are
EXT3-fs (sda5): error: couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features (240)
2012-03-04T17:15:30.099106+10:00 naked kernel: [ 2.119196] EXT4-fs (sda5): couldn't mount as ext2 due to feature incompatibilities
2012-03-04T17:15:30.099107+10:00 naked kernel: [ 2.124038] EXT4-fs (sda5): INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem
2012-03-04T17:15:30.099164+10:00 naked kernel: [ 2.124815] EXT4-fs (sda5): write access will be enabled during recovery
2012-03-04T17:15:30.099165+10:00 naked kernel: [ 2.130172] EXT4-fs (sda5): recovery complete
2012-03-04T17:15:30.099167+10:00 naked kernel: [ 2.131069] EXT4-fs (sda5): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
which seems to resolve itself and googling suggests it is not a
problem. ( The syslog gets written to sda5 so it appears to be mounted
).
I have set udev.conf to 'debug' and get pages of output, the only mention of errors being
'error: /dev/sde: No medium found'
which doesn't look like a problem.
After
a day and a half of recompiling the kernel (3.2.9), rebooting and
trying to follow the bootscript process (by inserting 'sleep' ) I'm out
of ideas.
Where and how does the keyboard get 'loaded' or the problem somewhere else?
Any pointers would be much appreciated.