Re: kernel hangs after trying to free unused memory.
Pehaps you have an on board video card and put a mem=xxM more than your
memory+video card memory.
This is just a guess.
Quoting Jon Helsten (jon_helsten@hotmail.com):
>
> hello,
> i am running a potato version of debian. I have just compiled a new 2.2.17
> kernel with kernel-package and make-kpkg. i executed the following commands
> as per the README file.
> make config
> make-kpkg clean
> make-kpkg --revision=cutom.1 kernel_image
>
> then
>
> dpkg -i kernel_image.deb (or something) using the defaults.
>
> rebooting starts and then hangs here...
>
> Partition check:
> hda: hda1 hda2
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 60k freed
>
> then it just hangs with a solid cursor.
> if any one knows what this symptom might indicate, i would appreciate it.
> _________________________________________________________________________
> Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
>
> Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at
> http://profiles.msn.com.
>
>
> --
> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe debian-user-request@lists.debian.org < /dev/null
>
>
--
Paulo Henrique B de Oliveira - baptista@linuxsolutions.com.br
Support Consultant
Linux Solutions - http://www.linuxsolutions.com.br
O Linux - O maior e melhor site de Linux do Brasil - http://www.olinux.com.br
Brazil
Reply to: