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From: Masoud Sharbiani <masouds@oeone.com>
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To: Abdij Bhat <Abdij.Bhat@kshema.com>
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Subject: Re: Kernel Upgrade Hangs!
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Abdij Bhat wrote:

>Hi,
> I am trying to build the 2.4.17 Kernel and upgrade my existing 2.4.7-10 Red
>Hat Linux System. Here is the procedure I followed ( based on Red Hat
>Documentation on the same ):
>
>1. tar -xvzf linux-2.4.17.tar.gz
>2. cd linux
>3. make mkproper
>4. make menuconfig
>5.make dep 
>6. make clean 
>7. make bzImage 
>8. make modules 
>9. make modules_install 
>10. cp /usr/src/linux-2.4.17/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.17 
>11. cp /usr/src/linux-2.4.17/System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.17 
>12. cd /boot rm System.map ln -s System.map-2.4.17 System.map 
>13. mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.17.img 2.4.17 
>14. Modify the /etc/lilo.conf to add
>		image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.17
>		label=linux-Mine
>		root=/dev/hda1
>		initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.17
>		read-only
>
> Now when i reboot and select the linux-Mine option the screen displays
>		Loading vmlinuz-2.4.7
>		Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel
>
> and then HANGS!!!!!!
>
> What might be the problem. I have followed the instruction to the T. I
>tried without the initrd option too. I have enabled the RAM diak
>option/disabled it....
> 
> Please help me out on the issue.
>
>Thanks and Regards,
>Abdij
>
Have you tried checking what CPU type is configured on your kernel? it 
should be the same as your system's cpu.
Masoud


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