Bingo! User error strikes again. Wrong root= for the new kernel. Thanks.
--- Dave Anselmi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What does your lilo.conf look like on the box that hangs? Sounds like > you > don't have the right root= line. > > Net Llama wrote: > > > I'm incredibly stumped at a weird kernel related issue. I've got > two > > boxes with identical hardware in them (other than the CPU speed, > however > > both are PIII). > > On 1 box, i've successfully built a 2.4.14 kernel with patched xfs > > support. It boots & runs perfectly. FWIW, its got a Caldera OS > load, > > with bits & pieces of 2.4 & 3.1 on it. > > On the 2nd box, i've successfully built a 2.4.5 kernel with patched > xfs > > support. It boots & runs that 2.4.5-xfs kernel perfectly. Its got > a RH > > OS load with bits & pieces of 6.2 & 7.x on it. > > Here's when things get annoying. When I try to boot off of a > 2.4.14-xfs > > kernel on box #2, it always hangs just after detecting all the > drives > > (basically where it goes to start mounting stuff) with the error, > "no > > init found". First I thought that i forgot to include console > support > > in the kernel, but i didn't. So, i figured, i'll just use the same > > .config from box #1, and i should be golden. No dice. The kernel > > builds without a hitch, and when i go to boot, i get the same ugly > > error. > > So, i'm at my whit's end. Anyone have any ideas? ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
