On Jan 29, 2008 11:44 AM, Mulyadi Santosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > > On Jan 29, 2008 12:33 PM, Chetan Nanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have RHEL 4 AS installed on my desktop PC (INTEL Pentium D > > processor). My RHEL distribution has 2.6.9-34Smp kernel. > > > > I tried to upgrade my kernel to 2.6.20, for this I downloaded 2.6.20 > > kernel, compile it and install it (using make, make modules_install > > and make install). > > > > But on rebooting and running my new kernel hangs. > > I have tried to debug the issue and on adding prints to init/main.c > > file, I found that kernel is hanging somewhere inside the 'init' > > program present in the ramdisk. > > I have added some prints in 'arch/i386/process.c- sys_execv' it shows > > that 'init' program is also runs. > Make sure you don't use "quiet" kernel param. And enable time label in > boot messages....unfortunately I forgot which kernel config that > enables this. > Yes, "quite" is present in kernel command line. I have copied that from RHEL command line. BTW, what is the purpose of "quite" param in command line.
> basically, if you don't mind, enable everything in "kernel hacking" section. > > BTW, have you create the initrd for your new kernel? I do not create the initrd explicitly, but after doing "make install" initrd-2.6.20.img automatically gets created in /boot dir. Do I need to create it explicitly? > > regards, > > Mulyadi. > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
