Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 23:48:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 23:48:34 -0500 Received: from ns1.intercarve.net ([216.254.127.221]:24161 "HELO ceramicfrog.intercarve.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 23:48:26 -0500 Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 23:44:56 -0500 (EST) From: "Drew P. Vogel" To: "J.S.S." Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Kernel reboot problem In-Reply-To: Message-ID: 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 What does the initrd= line do, and how does initrd-2.4.17-10.img get in /boot? --Drew Vogel On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, J.S.S. wrote: >What in the world am I doing wrong? >Whenever I try and compile a kernel, my computer reboots after the message: > >Loading Linux....................... > >Here's what I do, tell me if it's wrong: > >-Download kernel into home dir >-Unpack >-Rename and make symbolic link "linux" >-cd linux >-make mrproper >-make menuconfig >-make dep && make clean && make bzImage && make modules && make >modules_install >-cp bzImage to /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.17 >-cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.17 >-cd /boot >-create symbolic link to System.map -> System.map-2.4.17 >-edit lilo.conf: > >=========================== >prompt >timeout=50 >default=linux >boot=/dev/hda >map=boot/map >install=/boot/boot.b >message=/boot/message >lba32 > >image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 > label=linux > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.7-10.img > read-only > root=/dev/hda5 > >#Add this part for new kernel >image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.17 > label=Linux-2.4.17 > read-only > root=/dev/hda5 >=========================== >-Run /sbin/lilo > >Lilo installs fine without any complaints and EVERYTIME I reboot >and choose the new kernel the computer reboots after the "Loading >Linux..................." >message. It never gets to the "Uncompressing" part of the boot message. >It's obviously got to >be something i'm doing wrong. If redhat and slackware can get their kernels >to load, then there's no reason >I shouldn't be able to do my own. Here's my setup: > >Pentium 233 >Intel Chipset >192 megs RAM >Maxtor 10g ATA/66 > >Some help would be much, much appreciated. I've followed all the examples >and tried this dozens of times with no success to date. I've downloaded >2.4.16 and it did the same thing. I've tried putting the source and >unpacking it in the /usr/src directory. I've tried using initrd and >modifying lilo to reflect it. The kernel ALWAYS compiles without any error >codes at the end and none of this seems to matter because in the end it just >reboots and reboots, etc... > >- >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/ > - 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/