system reboots at initrd

timb · n00b Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 3

i compiled gentoo-dev-sources 2.6.1 with genkernel and am using grub

grub shows a background splash image but i dont have any vga= or vesa= lines in my grub.conf

when i select my kernel and it starts to boot, as soon as it says "initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd-2.6.1-gentoo" it reboots.

any ideas on what i should do? do you need more data?

thanks in advance

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 9:15 am Post subject:

timb,

Is boot on /dev/hda2 ?
Does the file /boot/initrd-2.6.1-gentoo exist?

How did you configure and build your kernel?
If everything you need for booting is built in (as opposed to modules) you don't need an initial ram drive.
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timb · n00b Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 3

hello,

yes, /boot/initrd-2.6.1-gentoo exists on /dev/hda2

i configured and built my kernel as per the instructions in the gentoo handbook, ie:

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 10:26 am Post subject:

timb,

This line in your grub.conf looks a bit strange to me

timb · n00b Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 3

it is straight out of the installation guide @ http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook.xml?part=1&chap=9#doc_chap2

initrd is a root disk that does hardware autodetection.

i will try a manual kernel configuration and see if that fixes the problen.