On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:43:45 -0600 Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wanted to try installing my Win4Lin 9x 5.0 software, so I unzipped > my vanilla kernel source (2.6.11.12 - the newest patch they have for > SMP kernels) into /usr/src and changed the symlink. I applied the > Win4Lin patches. I wanted the config of my currently running kernel, > so I said "make oldconfig" (make oldconfig does do that, right?) I > didn't turn on the Win4Lin support yet because I wanted to see if I > could get the old kernel to work without it first. I set up the > kernel in my /boot/grub/grub.conf file, just like my other kernels. > Pretty routine. When I tried to boot with 2.6.11.12, I got this: > <quote> > Booting 'Linux 2.6.11.12' > root (hd0,1) > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type is 0x83 > kernel /kernel-2.6.11.12 real_root=/dev/sda udev > Error 13: Invalid or unsupported execution format > </quote> > title=Linux 2.6.11.12 > root (hd0,1) > kernel /kernel-2.6.11.12 real_root=/dev/sda6 udev > initrd /initrd-2.6.11.12.img > > I checked against /boot and all the file names are correct. I booted > with the top kernel, so I know those settings are correct, with the > only changes in the filenames. What am I missing here? > -Michael Sullivan- > Should I be appending 'udev' to my kernel boot params? I've never done that. I think the problem may be the configuration of your kernel. Im sure you know what you're doing, as evidenced by the wealth of kernels here, but still I wonder whether a stray keypress maybe set the architecture or subarchitecture incorrectly... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
