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From: Holger Brueckner <lists@××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-dev@××××××××××.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Hang on RAMDISK with rc6-r9 iso
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 03:51:49
Message-Id: 006101c1345d$fb220c40$c800000a@netlabs.local
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Hang on RAMDISK with rc6-r9 iso by Holger Brueckner
1 just checked the checksums .. they're ok .. i burned it with cdrecord,
2 which always worked so far.
3
4 cya
5
6 Holger
7
8 ----- Original Message -----
9 From: "Holger Brueckner" <lists@××××××××.de>
10 To: <gentoo-dev@××××××××××.org>
11 Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 11:26 AM
12 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Hang on RAMDISK with rc6-r9 iso
13
14
15 > > > RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
16 > > >
17 > > > It just hangs... nothing happens. Any thoughts?
18 > >
19 > > I just tested the 1.0_rc6-r9 CD and it booted perfectly for me. It
20 seems
21 > > strange that the system should just lock while the kernel is booting.
22 Is
23 > > it possible that your ISO image somehow got corrupted, or that your CD
24 > burn
25 > > did not run properly? I'll post md5sums to the ix86-linux-gnu directory
26 > > on ibiblio.org right now which allow you to easily see if your download
27 > > is corrupt.
28 >
29 > hmm, this is very strange .. afther bnooting with loadlin yesterday i got
30 > the message
31 > that kernel is trying to get read access beyond the ramdisk limits .. so
32 it
33 > can't find
34 > init :( this could be a problem with loadlin, but i don't think so ...
35 >
36 > did you check it with a scsi system ?? i can uncompress the initrd and
37 mount
38 > it on my
39 > working gentoo box, so i don't think my download is corrupt ...
40 >
41 > cya
42 >
43 > Holger
44 >
45 >
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