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Re: Boot problems



On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Patrick Colbeck wrote:

 : Reply-To: 
 : Hi
 : 
 : A few days ago I reported a problem booting from the stock 2.0.34 kernel
 : distributed with Debian. My laptop just rebooted after displaying "loading
 : Linux .....". I fixed it by compiling my own kernel fronm the 3.0.36 sources
 : and though well there you go a 2.0.34 bug.
 : 
 : Not so I am afraid. Today I tried using the kernel-package to produce a
 : debianised custom 2.0.36 kernel and guess what this one wont boot either !
 : If I do a straight make zImage. make modules etc it works fine using the same
 : config file.It looks like a problem with the way the debian kernel packager
 : works. Has anyone else seen this ?

from man 8 make-kpkg

       --zimage
              Makes  a zImage kernel rather than a bzImage kernel
              (the default).  Useful for people  having  problems
              with bzImage kernels.

I bet that'll help.  RTFM is your friend.

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