Re: [OT] compiled kernels do not boot

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

tv.debian@googlemail.com wrote:
> 25/03/2011 21:19, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have tried 3 self-compiled kernels and they do not boot. They compile
> > w/o errors.
> >
> > They are compiled with 'make-kpkg --revision 1 --append-to-version -ck2
> > --initrd kernel_image'. This is with an uptodate Sid.
> >
> > I have looked at the initrd files with cpio and I see nothing wrong: the
> > 'init' file is there as it should be, etc. But what to look for?
> >
> > I use legacy-grub and that just sits there with 'boot' as the last
> > command, forever.
> >
> > Does anybody have any suggestions as to what to try next?
> >
> > I have used make-kpkg many times, but not in the last 5 months, and this
> > has never happened to me.
> >
> > Hugo
>
> Hi, I don't think there is a general problem in kernel-package
> (12.036+nmu1 here), I compiled three kernels (2.6.37* and 2.6.38*) this
> week and one more is backing right now without issue.
>
> Are the required hooks scripts for your setup in place and valid (see
> /usr/share/kernel-package/examples/etc/) ? Any module missing from
> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules ?

I did not change the scripts in /etc/kernel. Did you? It has postinst.d
 postrm.d  preinst.d  prerm.d for directories. The latter 2 are empty
and the former 2 have initramfs-tools  pm-utils  zz-update-grub as
scripts and initramfs-tools  zz-update-grub as scripts.


I have not added any module to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules.

> Maybe you could try with "make deb-pkg" target and see if it boots this way.

Never used that before. But I ran "make deb-pkg" in the kernel tree and 
that created a .deb. Installed that and booted that kernel and it 
behaved exactly the same way: last grub command is 'boot' and it just 
sits there.

Hugo