From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 29 Oct 2001 10:33:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 29 Oct 2001 10:32:55 -0500 Received: from ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com ([166.70.28.69]:5469 "EHLO flinx.biederman.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 29 Oct 2001 10:32:43 -0500 To: Daniel Duke Cc: "Linux Kernel Mailing List (E-mail)" Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.x freezes on boot In-Reply-To: <01C16009.C6751AA0.danduke@iprimus.com.au> From: ebiederman@uswest.net (Eric W. Biederman) Date: 29 Oct 2001 08:22:27 -0700 In-Reply-To: <01C16009.C6751AA0.danduke@iprimus.com.au> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Daniel Duke writes: > As the subject indicates, I'm having trouble running 2.4.x kernels. I've > tried 2.4.10 and 2.4.13, and both of them compile perfectly (no errors) but > when I insert them into LILO and reboot I get the following: > > LILO: Linux > Loading Linux........ > > and the computer freezes at this point, every time. I've tried compiling > it for PIII/Celeron Coppermine (which is the correct one for me I think) > and 386. I've compiled the kernel under Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r3 (kernel > 2.2.19) with GCC 2.91.66. Hmm. It looks like something is up wrong with lilo. If you don't get as far as the Uncompressing line, you haven't even gotten to the linux kernel. It may be something in the 16 bit setup code that queries the BIOS but that is unlikely. Hmm. Actually more likely which kernel have you pointed lilo to? arch/i386/boot/bzImage? Eric