Gentoo Archives: gentoo-embedded

From: Jean-Marc Beaune <jm.beaune@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Installing gentoo on Soekris Net4801 - not booting
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:12:52
Message-Id: CAK7bL3x5PW+2EXP57rVbAHOFqthMMNWtfuGGw+xfknC_ne43vg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Installing gentoo on Soekris Net4801 - not booting by Peter Stuge
1 I added options in grub.conf to make kernel speak on ttyS0 but that didn't
2 help.
3
4 I tried with Lilo, it's not much better but but at least it says "No such
5 image".
6
7 Any idea what that means?
8
9 Thank you,
10 JM
11
12 On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 3:02 AM, Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se> wrote:
13
14 > Jean-Marc Beaune wrote:
15 > > Via the serial port I can see grub booting:
16 > > "GRUB Loading stage1.5.
17 > >
18 > >
19 > > GRUB loading, please wait..."
20 > >
21 > > Then nothing else but a blinking cursor.
22 > >
23 > > Any idea how I can debug that?
24 >
25 > Check that your kernel is speaking on the serial port.
26 >
27 > I for one have had annoying trouble with GRUB on two instances, and
28 > then I went back to using LILO as I have always, and it continues to
29 > always just work, also with 3TB GPT drives in an old server..
30 >
31 >
32 > //Peter
33 >
34 >
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38 Jean-Marc