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Re: Problems booting with a new kernel (updated)



A Dijous 19 Juliol 2007 18:25, Lennart Sorensen va escriure:
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 06:22:57PM +0200, Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda wrote:
> > I have compiled my own kernels since some time ago. Now I create my
> > packages with the make-kpkg command. But I'm having a problem with a
> > 2.6.22 or 2.6.19 homemade kernel in a new amd64 box. The 2.6.18 kernenl
> > from etch works ok.
> >
> > I can compile and install the new kernel, and also update grub, but when
> > I reboot, first of all I don't like but I cannot put an splash image
> > because the grub, after reboot doesn't detect this:
> > splashimage=/boot/sid.bmp
> > or
> > splashimage=(hd0,1)/boot/sid.bmp
> >
> > Also I have tried to put:
> > root=UUID=ecd007d9-14b1-46c0-9cdb-7bdd1f0f5d80
> > or
> > root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/UUID=ecd007d9-14b1-46c0-9cdb-7bdd1f0f5d80
> >
> > the kernel is compiled with --initrd  and the ext3 (where the rootfs
> > resides is formated) in included in the kernel. Really I don't know what
> > to do. Anybody has some idea about it?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Leo
> >
> > Added)
> >
> > I forget to say that I have also to recreate the init with the
> > update-initramfs -k
> >
> > and the error that I have is the kernel blocked:
> >
> >  "Waiting for root file system"
> >
> > and after a console....
>
> Did you try comparing the config from your kernel and the one from the
> 2.6.18 etch kernel?  Perhaps you left some important option out that
> debian enables.

yes, I normally create the new config from the original config from a debian 
kernel ... and assuming the rest ok.

Leo


> --
> Len Sorensen



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