Various system start problems

Question

I get the following errors on system start up: (kernel26-2.6.27.6-1, udev 130-1)
1.
udevd[356]: specified group 'optical' unknown
udevd[356]: specified group 'disk' unknown
(... for every group)
2.
/etc/rc.sysinit: eval: line 223: syntax error near unexpected token `newline`
/etc/rc.sysinit: eval: line 223: `do_crypt <device DEVNO="..." TIME="..." LABEL="archlinux" UUID="..." SEC_TYPE="ext" TYPE="ext3">/dev/sdb2</device>`
(... for every partition)
3.
Boot process gets stuck when 'Starting Network', I do not think it is a network issue because it is simply stuck and it does not break with a timeout.
I had a filesystem issue some days ago, but I *think* I fixed it properly (e2fsck), so there is a slight possibility I damaged it.
What are the key problems behind all this?
Last edited by jakobm (2008-12-04 20:51:23)

Answer 1

jakobm wrote:
1.
udevd[356]: specified group 'optical' unknown
udevd[356]: specified group 'disk' unknown
(... for every group)
/etc/groups... does that file exist?  if udev can't find *any* groups, it sounds like no.
2.
/etc/rc.sysinit: eval: line 223: syntax error near unexpected token `newline`
/etc/rc.sysinit: eval: line 223: `do_crypt <device DEVNO="..." TIME="..." LABEL="archlinux" UUID="..." SEC_TYPE="ext" TYPE="ext3">/dev/sdb2</device>`
(... for every partition)
um, can you post the your /etc/crypttab?  line 223 of /etc/rc.sysinit is
eval do_crypt "$line"
and $line is a line of /etc/crypttab.  but everything after do_crypt in your code snippet looks nothing like a crypttab line.
Boot process gets stuck when 'Starting Network', I do not think it is a network issue because it is simply stuck and it does not break with a timeout.
have you defined network interfaces, routes, etc. in /etc/rc.conf?  hell, please post yr rc.conf!