From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <388B0E9C.DEC92A26@erols.com> Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 14:22:20 +0000 From: Nelson Abramson MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Michael R. Zucca" CC: linuxppc-dev Subject: Re: Stock 2.2.14 won't boot References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: "Michael R. Zucca" wrote: > No errors during make, otherwise I wouldn't have a kernel to boot :-) > Good call :) > > >What fails during boot..? > > BootX switches to the black screen where it informs me of the kernel > version and a few address offsets (like video address, etc.) All of this is > normal. It just hangs there and doesn't progress. > Okay, well, I might work backwards, see what is the last thing that gets outputed, and try either disabling that, or whatever would come next... > > >What are you > >configuring into the kernel that is causing it to fail...? > > Nothing especially spectacular. 604, PowerMac, ati framebuffer, bootX > console support, pmac serial support, pmac floppy support, vga console, > mace ethernet, adaptec PCI scsi support, internal SCSI support (53C support > not the other kind), DMA sound for awacs, some file systems, PPP, etc. > I might make sure that you don't have multiple things compiled for the same support (eg. powermac floppy support, atapi floppy support and pc floppy support...) > > I'm not compiling in anything I haven't in past versions. > > I am booting off of a drive attached to the PCI scsi card but that > shouldn't matter as this works fine from older kernels. > HTH --Nelson Abramson -- "Every time you get a dialog box you don't understand, you ought to get a nickel from Microsoft, and every time it crashes, you should get a dollar. That would make Bill Gates homeless and me a rich man." --Ben Schneiderman, University of Maryland computer science professor Courtesy of 1984: http://www.1984-online.com/facts.html ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/