Re: 2.6.0 under vmware ?

[Alexander Hoogerhuis]

Ernst Herzberg <earny@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Montag, 5. Januar 2004 11:06, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have problems running 2.6.0 under vmware (4.02 and 4.05). I did a
> > basic debian/sid install, then installed various 2.6.0 kernel images
> > (with or without initrd, from debian (-test9 and -test11) or self-made
> > (stock 2.6.0).
> > They all make /sbin/init (from sysvinit 2.85) segfault at a particular
> > address (I haven't yet recompiled it with -g to see where, but a
> > dissassembly shows it's a "ret").
> > I try booting to /bin/sh from the initrd, and there I can play with the
> > shell, mount the alternate root, play with commands there, and then exec
> > /sbin/init, but it segfaults at the same point.
> >
> > Has anyone managed to make a basic debian with 2.6 work under vmware ?
> > Has anyone managed to make another distro with 2.6 work under vmware ?
> 
> Same problem here. Tried gentoo with 2.6.0 and 2.6.1-rc1: /sbin/init will 
> segfault. Testet vmware on a Dual PIII 2.4.23-pre3 and a Athlon XP with 
> 2.6.1-rc1.
> 

Ack that, P4 with 2.6.0-mmX and 2.6.1-rc1-mmX :)

> Earny
> 

-- 
Alexander Hoogerhuis                               | alexh@xxxxxxxxxxx
CCNP - CCDP - MCNE - CCSE                          | +47 908 21 485
"You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it."  --Scott McNealy
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/