Re: Lenny kernel (2.6.26) hangs

[Adrian Levi <adrian.levi@gmail.com>]

2009/2/21 Dennis Busboom <dcbnebr@yahoo.com>:
> I just upgraded an older machine, PII 400mhz, 256mb RAM, from Etch to
> Lenny.  The upgrade went smoothly, but the new Lenny kernel hangs upon
> booting.  The old Etch kernel (2.6.18) is still present and boots up fine
> into the Lenny upgrade.  When booting from the 2.6.26 kernel, it never makes
> it to the "Uncompressing Linux" stage, only appears to load the kernel and
> the initrd, then just stops.  Ctrl-Alt-Delete will reboot it, so it doesn't
> lock hard, just goes into a coma.  I've re-installed the kernel image and
> have tried a few suggested boot parameters, (noapic, etc,etc) but there is
> no change. Any idea of what might cause it to hang that early in the boot?

What processor architecture is the new kernel compiled for?

Adrian

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