kernel won't boot [Solved]

[millermiller]

I spent 2days on building the kernel (2.4.30 sparc64) on my workstation. Sun Ultra10. I got no luck.
My kernel won't boot.
Is there any successful .config for me to referece?

Thanks,
Miller
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[kernelsensei]

hi,

any error message maybe ?

that would be helpful ..
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$ ruby -e'puts " .:@BFegiklnorst".unpack("x4ax7aaX6ax5aX15ax4aax6aaX7ax2aX5aX8 \
axaX3ax8aX4ax6aX3aX6ax3ax3aX9ax4ax2aX9axaX6ax3aX2ax4ax3aX4aXaX12ax10aaX7a").join'

[millermiller]

Thanks, for the quick reply. A moment ago, my box booted. I will try to get the error reported.
but still has problem:
My box failed at:
checking all filesystems....
/dev/hda1 is mounted. e2fsck: can't continue, aborting
* Fsck could not correct all errors, manul repair needed.

Give root passwd for maintence(or type.......)

Then, I manually, e2fsck /dev/hda1. But it doesn't work when I reboot again.
My /etc/fstab is the same as the handbook.

/dev/hda1 is ext2,
/dev/hda2 is swap
/dev/hda3 is Sun DIsklable the whold disk
/dev/hda4 is ext3 for /usr
/dev/hda5 is ext3 for /var
/dev/hda6 is ext3 for /home

Any suggestion?

Thanks,
MIller
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[kernelsensei]

do you have the ext2 support enabled ? (built-in)
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$ ruby -e'puts " .:@BFegiklnorst".unpack("x4ax7aaX6ax5aX15ax4aax6aaX7ax2aX5aX8 \
axaX3ax8aX4ax6aX3aX6ax3ax3aX9ax4ax2aX9axaX6ax3aX2ax4ax3aX4aXaX12ax10aaX7a").join'

[millermiller]

Yes.
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
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[robbyjo]

When you fsck, did you fsck by rebooting through the CD? What did the fsck program say?

[millermiller]

[robbyjo]

The last line shows something is really wrong:
59985/49973 blocks

The first number is supposed to be lower than the second number. This is more like a partition error... How did you do your partition?

[millermiller]

[millermiller]

[millermiller]

[robbyjo]

Since you said that your fstab is like what the handbook said, may I suggest you to change the options part to "0 0"? Example:

Change:

[jrhodes]

Todd has uploaded a 2.4.22 U10/5 config here that you could probably use with make oldconfig.

[millermiller]

Thanks for the ones who helped me.
My machine boots normally now after I change the /etc/fstab as below:

/dev/hda1 / ext2 defaults,noatime 1 2
/dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hda4 /usr ext3 noatime 0 1
/dev/hda5 /var ext3 noatime 0 1
/dev/hda6 /home ext3 noatime 0 1
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0

none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0

The sparc version handbook is not bible for a new comer.
Thanks again.
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[gfrench]

same problem, the fstab above fixed it... thx