Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161247AbXAHMDh (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jan 2007 07:03:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161248AbXAHMDh (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jan 2007 07:03:37 -0500 Received: from mail.lysator.liu.se ([130.236.254.3]:36368 "EHLO mail.lysator.liu.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161247AbXAHMDg (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jan 2007 07:03:36 -0500 Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 13:03:32 +0100 (MET) From: Jonas Svensson To: Tilman Schmidt Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: trouble loading self compiled vanilla kernel In-Reply-To: <45A228CC.5020004@imap.cc> Message-ID: References: <45A228CC.5020004@imap.cc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1064 Lines: 22 On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > Jonas Svensson schrieb: > > I downloaded kernel 2.6.19.1 from kernel.org and compiled it like > > make mrproper, make menuconfig, make, make modules_install, make install. > [...] > > All results in the same problem: the booting stops about when grub is > > finished and the kernel should continue. I get the > > message about loading initrd but not the line of "Uncompressing > > Linux... Ok, booting the kernel". Instead I get a blank screen with a > > flashing cursor at top left. Thats all, nothing more happens. Any > > suggestions on what could be wrong or what I should do? > > Did you build a new initrd to go with your new kernel? I beleive make install does that in CentOS. There were a new initrd installed and it was not identical to the one supplied by CentOS. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/