gentoo auto reboot while loading kernel

dd-209

I have an old pentium pro where i want to install gentoo on.
The problem is that the system automaticly reboots after selecting gentoo in the grub boot menu.

I already installed several linux gentoo systems and all those systems work perfect. I always build my own kernel.

I have no error codes because the auto reboot. I already tried to install the system for a second time with the latest version of gentoo the result is still the same.

the system:
pentium pro 166
128 MB RAM
2 X hardrive's 4 GB
2 X 3com 3c905b-tx

oumpah-pah · Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:03 pm Post subject:

Could you post your grub.conf file and your fstab ?

Soat · Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:09 pm Post subject:

I say look over the kernel config again, especially at stuff concerning processor type. If you used a config off another computer, a ton of components could be trying to be something they're not. :wink:

If you're sure everything is set, it could be some hardware failure. I would think a kernel panic would occur if it was a kernel problem, not a forced reboot. Maybe the boot partition is screwy on a certain sector. Fsck it, and if it doesn't work after that, move it to the other drive.
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dd-209 · Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:03 am Post subject:

I tried to build a new kernel with 386 processor support and not with pentium pro but the problem remains.

here is also my grub.conf:

default 0
timeout 10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Gentoo Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /kernel-2.4.25-gentoo root=/dev/hda2

And this is my fstab:

/dev/hda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 0 1
/dev/hda2 / ext3 noatime 0 0
/dev/hdb1 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0

didl · kernel /kernel-2.4.25-gentoo root=/dev/hda2

Please try replacing

oumpah-pah · Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:25 pm Post subject:

I don't think the kernel line is wrong. In my opinion, it would rather be the title line. In my grub.conf, I have

mdowney · Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:48 pm Post subject:

Kernel Line is incorrect because you need to tell grub where to find the kernel image ( / is not valid because the kernel sets that up) which is why (hd 0,0) is required.

Title line may need the equals also, not 100% sure on that.

dd-209 · Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 7:36 pm Post subject:

I looked at the grub.conf on one of my other gentoo boxes.
That grub.conf is working corectly:

title=Gentoo Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /kernel-2.4.25-gentoo root=/dev/hda2

I have two of those hp vectra ve5 systems. the idea was to build 2 squid proxy servers and use the super proxy script. So i can do load balacing and a proxy backup system.

I wanted to cloon the harddrives, because the systems are identical. I also installed the second system and it got the same problem. So i don't believe that the problem is caused by bad hardware.

Those vectra's are old pentium pro 166 but they have ultra ata, original they where equiped with nt4.0 there was some kind of scsi emulation driver can this be the problem. do i need scsi support???

I can also use genkernel but i want to build my own kernel to keep the system fast and light.

didl · Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:57 pm Post subject:

dd-209 · Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 9:22 pm Post subject:

root (hd0,0) is the boot partition.
That is where the kernel is located.

Tommorow i wil try to change the grub.conf.
I don't believe it will work because i already installed several gentoo boxes.
And i used on every system the same (kind) grub.conf.
all those systems work perfectly. But if it works i will let you know.

mdowney · Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:58 pm Post subject:

Here is my grub.conf if that helps, i have a similar partition scheme it looks like:

dd-209 · Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 8:31 am Post subject:

I have changed the grub.conf file but with no result.

Now i'm building a kernel with genkernel.
Maybe that will do the trick...

dd-209 · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:29 pm Post subject:

problem solved.
I enabled scsi emulation in the kernel.
Now the kernel loads so i can configure my proxy servers.