boot problem - booting gentoo resets(reboots) pc

cosmonate · n00b Joined: 11 Jul 2002 Posts: 6

i've installed gentoo now for several times! after compiling my kernel and installing grub! i configure grub-stuff in menu.lst

i have dualboot with win xp!

when i boot the pc for the first time grub appears!
when i select windows the system starts without any problems!
when i select gentoo the system reboots!
i've tried with redhat7.3 same kernel config! kompiled same kernel
booting worked!

anyone had that problem before?

im using softraid!
boot - raid1
swap and root raid0

menu.lst:

default 0
timeout 10
title=gen
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/md2

title= wxp
root (hd0,0)
chain....

partitions:
hda1 - fat
hda2 - linux raid auto (striped with hdc2 to swap)
hda3 - linux raid auto (mirrored with hdc3 to /boot)
hda4 - linux raid auto (striped with hdc4 to / )

hdc ... same as hda!

can some1 help me plz!!??

thx
cosmo

delta407 · Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2002 1:38 pm Post subject:

It sounds like you might have your kernel compiled for the wrong CPU family. Double-check that setting; it's under "Processor type and features" in menuconfig.

You can get back into your computer by using the steps outlined here.
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cosmonate · n00b Joined: 11 Jul 2002 Posts: 6

i have an athlon xp 1800

and selected athlon cpu in cpu tab!

i think the pc doesnt extract the kernel image!

how can i access the raid devices from boot cd??
do i have to create a new raidtab to get the existing raid
or can i use some kind of a kernel parameter to autodetect my raids?

dont wanna do another install again!

delta407

Hmm... try using i686 (PPro/Pentium II or above), just to get it working.

cosmonate · n00b Joined: 11 Jul 2002 Posts: 6

no chance to boot that damn system!!

i tried now nearly every prozessor type!!
athlon
x86-686
pII/p pro
even 386

nothing works

when i press gentoo in grub

the next screen i see is:

Booting 'gentoo linux'

root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/md1
[Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1400, size=0x19686f]

next messages:
uncompressing kernel.. ok
then some numbers and chars

and the reboot

(no kernel panic)

what is that??

sabre66 · n00b Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 52

you know im having the same problem, non raid board though, tried various processor types no can do but ive also done reinstalls still with no luck. Ive installed gentoo on other athlon systems with absolutely no problems what so ever ive already posted this problem for help after i spent hours reading posts, changing settings, and doing as replies have suggested blah blah blah not to mention all the downloading. Stll no luck..............hey guess what install #6 no good either......................lol Thank goodness boss out of town. I finally gave up went back to RH71...........yeah it works, it may be "bloated" and not fully "optimized" but it works. If you find a solution let me know puleeeze this is driving me nuts......thanks

cosmonate · n00b Joined: 11 Jul 2002 Posts: 6

now i've tried it about 20 times! i think there isn't a kernel config i haven't tried yet!!

my damn system won't boot!!!

grub gets the zbImage!

then it decompresses the Image!

then i see booting kernel!!

lots of chars and numbers!

but the reboot!!

no kernelpanic or system halt! only a reboot!!

i go crazy!

is there a problem with the gentoo-sources and athlon xp prozessor or what??

isn't there anyone who can help me?? plzzzzzzz!!!!!

rac · Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2002 9:35 am Post subject:

If you say you've used the same kernel config on another distro, perhaps you might want to try using vanilla-sources instead of gentoo-sources. Maybe one of the gentoo kernel patches is hurting you.
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StickyBit · n00b Joined: 09 Jul 2002 Posts: 1 Location: Germany

I have similar problems on a pentium I. I also tried to boot the image with lilo - smae result: kernel decompression starts and then the system reboots. I´am now compiling with the zlib option. dunno if that helps.

StickyBit

cosmonate · n00b Joined: 11 Jul 2002 Posts: 6

changing zlib option wont help u much!

tried this allready!!!

swiched it on and of! no changes in booting!

i think i'm gonna try vanilla sources! maybe my pc really has problems using the gentoo or xfs-sources!

if some had that problem too please post your try's to solve the problem!

greetz and big thx to all helpers

cosmo

cosmonate · n00b Joined: 11 Jul 2002 Posts: 6

another retry! tried vanills sources !! no chance!

i think gentoo doesnt like my pc or my pc doesnt like gentoo!!

where are the linux gurus?? cant anyone help me!???

rac · Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2002 7:12 pm Post subject:

There is also a redhat-sources package in case your system is dependent on redhat patches, and if you have a bootable RH system somewhere you could always copy the kernel binary and modules tree from your working RH system if you are really desperate. You may run into some annoyances if devfs is not enabled, but it would be better than spontaneous rebooting, at least.
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zummy · n00b Joined: 24 Jul 2002 Posts: 1

The first time I compiled the kernel, I forgot to change the cpu type and had the same problem. Tried changing the type with no success. Finaly, I deleted the old source tree, downloaded a new gentoo-source tree, and everything worked.

I did find an other workaround by searching google. I haven't tried it myself but appearntly you may be able to install lilo into /boot and then have grub load lilo instead of the kernel directly using grub's chainloader option.

echeslack · Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2002 4:26 am Post subject:

make sure you are cleaning out your linux src directory properly - it sounds like zummy hadn't done this:

once you are booted from cd and have chrooted do: