From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 22:36:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 22:36:41 -0500 Received: from w240.z209220232.was-dc.dsl.cnc.net ([209.220.232.240]:31759 "EHLO yendi.dmeyer.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 22:36:40 -0500 Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 22:46:42 -0500 From: dmeyer@dmeyer.net To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.5.x freezes on booting Message-ID: <20030220034642.GA28284@jhereg.dmeyer.net> Reply-To: dmeyer@dmeyer.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200302192240.22261.gilsonr@cityisp.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Newsgroups: local.linux.kernel Organization: dmeyer.net Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <200302192240.22261.gilsonr@cityisp.net> you write: > Hi! > > I've rechecked my procedures, have gone through the archive without result. > > I compiled 2.4.19 and 2.4.20 (which I'm using right now) without > problem, but 2.5.x is, so far, winning over me. You and everyone else trying to use initrds. There have been substantial module changes, and apparently mkinitrd is badly broken. Look in the linux-kernel archives for recent posts by Bill Davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com) - he's done a bunch of investigating but hasn't had much success making it work. -- Dave Meyer dmeyer@dmeyer.net