Re: custom kernel boot problem: can't access tty

2007-12-16 Thread Robert Key
SOLUTION: to "can't access tty; job control turned off" Apologies for answering my own post, but this seems to be a problem many people have had. For some reason (there could be many) the boot kernel can't mount the root file system and hence cannot find all devices and tools to run the login.

custom kernel boot problem: can't access tty

2007-12-14 Thread Robert Key
Hi, I compiled a debian custom kernel 2.6.18 to boot a USB flash drive. The stock kernels work perfectly, but my custom kernel mounts the root fs and then gives the error message: /bin/sh Can't access tty; Job control stopped The booting process stops. The console , tty devices are all there,

Re: Kernel boot problem?

2004-08-31 Thread Grant
Stefan O'Rear wrote: On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 01:43:47AM +0100, Grant wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I have compiled now 4 kernel's and the first two kernel's got stuck on this message at boot. VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-bl

Re: Kernel boot problem?

2004-08-31 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 01:43:47AM +0100, Grant wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > >Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >I have compiled now 4 kernel's and the first two kernel's got stuck on > > >this message at boot. > > >VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(3,1) > > >Please append

Re: Kernel boot problem?

2004-08-31 Thread Grant
Paul Johnson wrote: <#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hey, I kinda have a problem, I have compiled now 4 kernel's and the first two kernel's got stuck on this message at boot. VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unk

Re: Kernel boot problem?

2004-08-31 Thread Paul Johnson
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hey, > > I kinda have a problem, > > I have compiled now 4 kernel's and the first two kernel's got stuck on > this message at boot. > > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-

Kernel boot problem?

2004-08-31 Thread Grant
Hey, I kinda have a problem, I have compiled now 4 kernel's and the first two kernel's got stuck on this message at boot. VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(3,1) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) The ot

Re: kernel boot problem

2002-03-16 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 06:21:54PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I can't boot my new kernel 2.4.10, the boot process looks > like : > > LILO Loading Linux ... > Uncompressing Linux ... Ok booting the kernel > > and then nothing else ! Look for Debian install disk set (CD/FD) and boot from it

Re: kernel boot problem

2002-03-16 Thread Joachim Fahnenmueller
Hi, hope you can boot with your previous kernel or from disk. If so, look for error messages in the log files: /var/log/dmesg, kern.log or syslog. HTH, Joachim On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 06:21:54PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I can't boot my new kernel 2.4.10, the boot process looks > like :

kernel boot problem

2002-03-15 Thread pev
I can't boot my new kernel 2.4.10, the boot process looks like : LILO Loading Linux ... Uncompressing Linux ... Ok booting the kernel and then nothing else ! thanks for help.

Kernel boot problem!

1998-12-14 Thread Jeff Browning
When I boot up my Linux box it get's stuck on "LILO Loading Linux..." This has never happened before. I just compiled and installed a sound supporting kernel, but that has been working until now. I installed my kernel backup but it still does the same thing. The only way that I can boot my comp