Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:08:32 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
To: rct@gherkin.frus.com (Bob Tracy)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.6.23-rc3 won't boot on alpha
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On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:23:12 -0500 (CDT) Bob Tracy wrote:

> Unfortunately, I can't say where the bug was introduced, as this is
> the first kernel I've tried on my Alpha since 2.6.22-rc7.  Best guess
> is somewhere between .23-rc1 and .23-rc2, based on changes to files in
> arch/alpha/boot in that patch set.  The problem happens early: aboot
> starts to load vmlinux.gz, and I get an "unzip: invalid exec header"
> error.  There's an earlier error from aboot I can't quote exactly, but
> the template from aboot (bootlx) is:
> 
> aboot: Can't load kernel.
>   Memory at %lx - %lx (chunk %i) is %s
> 
> The first %lx is all zeros.  The last %lx is all "F"s.  The chunk
> number is 1, and I *think* the %s is "busy".

try http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/14/259

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~Randy
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