Both were running totally elf, and I would venture a guess they had
compiled the kernel as elf. This behavior was completely unwarranted, as
earlier reboots had succeeded in mounting the root filesystem fine.
email brenner@umr.edu, or dhickman@umr.edu for the exact system configuration,
but both machines were 486dx2 66's using ide controllers, and the ext2
filesystem.
Basically, you are not alone in this mysterious problem. I keep about 4-5
kernels available to lilo at boot time, so I'm crossing my fingers I don't
run into this.
> > I have been runnning Linux-1.2.8 + Jun14 patch for quite some time,
> > and it seems to work ok.
> > In the last week I have tried kernels 1.3.x (x=5,6,7,8,9,12) and all
> > give a total lockup just after mounting the root file system.
> I have the same problem !
>
> > I have tried gcc-2.6.3 and gcc-2.7.0 (both ELF version). I have tried
> Me too. I also tried A-OUT versions.
>
> > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> When I use an A-OUT-Init, it prints in an endless loop of "No more
> processes left in runlevel" to my screen, after this message.
> The ELF-version of SysVInit the VFS:-message is the last I get.
>
> BUT it's not a problem of the AIC7xxx-Driver (whicht I thought first)
> since I had the same result with an old AHA1542b-SCSI-Adaptor.
> My hardware is a P60, PCI-ECS-Board (SiS-Chipset), AHA2940, ElsaWinner
> 1000PRO, 32MB Ram, SMC Elite Ultra.
-- Todd Fries...tfries@umr.edu http://www.cs.umr.edu/~tfries