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cael
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 Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 8:01 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] Interesting failure upon first boot post install |
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Like many others, I'm having trouble booting after compiling and my kernel. When booting via lilo, before freezing I get as far as:
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Loading linux................
BIOS data check successful
Umcompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel.
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...and when booting via floppy (my image was roughly 1.3 meg):
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Loading................
Umcompressing Linux...
ran out of input data
-- System halted
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I've already tried the obvious/frequently-repeated suggestions, namely:
- Ensured correct processor named in kernel menuconfig
- Ensured correct processor named in make.conf (both CHOST and CFLAGS) -- (also made the change in make.global, since this supposedly helped one user)
- Disabled advanced power management support
- Ensured BIOS is up-to-date
I can boot from the image found on the cd without trouble, and I can also
boot with 'gentoo root=/dev/hda2' and end up in my system.
I'm using RiemanFS for my boot and root partitions, and my boot partition was indeed mounted using '-o notail' when lilo was installed.
I'd greatly appreciate any suggestions. My next plan will be to attempt to build a bare bones kernel. Problem is, it takes so damn long to compile.
Many thanks,
Cael
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cael
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 8:02 pm Post subject: Addendum: |
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This is an IBM Aptiva with a K6.
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MrAkuma
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snkmoorthy
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| mostly, because the bootdisk didn't "burn" correctly... |
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cyrillic
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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You should put GRUB (not your kernel) on a floppy for booting/rescue use.
Copy your kernel to /boot on the harddrive. |
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cael
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 12:41 am Post subject: |
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Hey! Start your own thread! :)
My most recent bare-bones kernel still won't boot. At this point I'm at a loss, any suggestions would be really appreciated.
This doesn't make any sense.
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cyrillic
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 1:08 am Post subject: |
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| cael wrote: | | My most recent bare-bones kernel still won't boot. At this point I'm at a loss, any suggestions would be really appreciated. |
Can you post your kernel config ? (/usr/src/linux/.config)
... and a quick description of your hardware. |
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MrAkuma
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cael
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| Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks all for your suggestions -- I ditched lilo and moved to grub and had absolutely no problems booting.
Unfortunately, I'm now having trouble with grub on a totally different machine. :)
Cael |
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