Re: problems booting 2.5 kernel, rh9

[Antonio Vargas]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 11:01:27PM -0400, Dave Mehler wrote:
> Hello,
>     Compiled/installed a 2.5 kernel on my rh9 box, everything went alright.
> When i try to boot it this is what i get, any ideas? I don't see an error,
> very weird. I've installed the new modutils rpm and the procpsutils as well.
> Thanks.
> Dave.
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>     GRUB  version 0.93  (639K lower / 261040K upper memory)
> 
>  +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
>       Use the ^ and v keys to select which entry is highlighted.
>       Press enter to boot the selected OS, 'e' to edit the
>       commands before booting, 'a' to modify the kernel arguments
>   Booting 'Red Hat Linux (2.5.67)'
> 
> root (hd0,0)
>  Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.5.67 ro root=LABEL=/1 console=ttyS0
>    [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1400, size=0xe1aaf]
> initrd /boot/initrd-2.5.67.img
>    [Linux-initrd @ 0xffc7000, 0x14ffb bytes]

Dave, since your ISP is blocking my mail, I reply on lkml...

I booted fine the 2.5 kernel by tagging it for netboot and
then placing it on my tftp directory. I never use harddisk
bootloaders, so if you can not make it work with grub,
I would get ahead and make it boot from floppy. Yes, it
takes a minute to load a kernel, but it works and is simple.

I use syslinux for that, it's fairly simple and you can
enter kernel options directly at the boot prompt.

Also, since it's a dos 8.3-formatted floppy, you can upgrade
your kernel by simply replacing the kernel file.

If you need a dos-formatted empty disk, I can post one to my
homepage for you to download.

Greets, Antonio.

ps. I'm having problems with running "make menuconfig" on rh9
    under vanilla 2.5.66, the gnome-terminal hangs easily...
    any ideas? (Yes, I'll try xterm or rxvt just in case).