RE: Kernel Hangs on boot (2.2.14/2.3.51)

From: Timm Gleason (timm@n2h2.com)
Date: Mon May 01 2000 - 13:25:23 EST


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arjan van de Ven [mailto:arjan@fenrus.demon.nl]
>
> Can you try the following:
> Put the kernel on a floppy by doing "dd if=kernelfile of=/dev/fd0"
> (replace "kernelfile" by the bzImage file) and then do a
> "rdev /dev/fd0 BOOTDEVICE", where BOOTDEVICE is replaced by your root
> partition (eg /dev/sda1, /dev/hda1 or whatever). Then try to boot
> from this
> floppy.
>
> This is effectively a bootfloppy similar to debian's one so it rules out
> any HDD related issues.
>

Ok, this works with the VA kernel from the floppy. Once it has finished
booting, the system appears to work normally (i.e. access to drives,
/proc/cpuinfo shows 4 processors, 2GB memory shown).

lilo.conf looks like this -

# /etc/lilo.conf - See: `lilo(8)' and `lilo.conf(5)',
boot=/dev/sda2
root=/dev/sda2
install=/boot/boot.b
map=/boot/map
delay=20
vga=normal

default=Linux-2.2.14

image=/vmlinuz
        label=Linux
        read-only

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-6.0.1.3smp
        label=Linux-2.2.14
        read-only

Have tried boot=/dev/sda as well.

Timm

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