On Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 02:30:53PM -0400, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > oop! -- I corrected a few incorrect details in my prior message > regarding the results of 2.4.7 boot partitions check and contents of my > lilo.conf file. > > I have been trying unsuccessfully to get a 2.4.7 kernel to boot. My PC > has a AMD-K6-II and runs woody. My most recent attempt used the kernel > image is from kernel-image-2.4.7-k6_2.4.7-1.i386.deb. The boot sequence > runs until the hard disk partition check and then hangs. The final part > of the boot post is: > > Partition check: > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: [EZD] [remap 0->1] [700/255/63] p1 p2 > <p5> > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0: [PTBL] [2491/255/63] p1 p2 p3 p4 <p5 > p6 p7> > cramfs: wrong magic > VFS: Mounted root (est2 filesystem) readonly > change-root: old root has d_count=2 > Freeing unused kernel memory: 184k freed I had this same problem when I tried 2.4.7 and an initrd; I decided I really wanted 2.4.7 more than I wanted an initrd so I compiled IDE support into the kernel proper. > The boot hangs at this point. Sometimes is hangs at the line "cramfs: > wrong magic" Recompile the kernel with IDE support non-modular and see what happens ... > When I boot with my 2.2.19 kernel, partition check reports: > hda: [EZD] [remap 0->1] [700/255/63] hda1 hda2 < hda5 > > hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 hdb4 < hdb5 hdb6 hdb7 > > Is it normal for a 2.4.x kernels to report partitions as p1, p2, etc. > vice hda1, hda2, hdb1, etc? Uh, yeah ... it's devfs at work. You need to install devfsd if you plan to use a 2.4.x kernel and devfs > What does "cramfs: wrong magic" mean, and > does anyone have suggestions on how to fix this problem? I believe it means it can't make sense of your initrd but I'll let Herbert make the call. Cheers, -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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