Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot btrfs

[Peter Humphrey]

On Sunday 02 August 2015 09:11:18 Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Friday 31 July 2015 13:53:42 Dale wrote:
> > This may not be related but thought I would mention.  For some reason,
> > my system will not boot a kernel newer than 3.18.7.  I use
> > gentoo-sources and generally use make oldconfig.  I have also tried the
> > new 4.0 kernels as well.  They try to boot but don't make it past the
> > kernel trying to do its thing.  I don't reboot often so I have not had
> > the chance to figure out exactly why this is happening.  Recently I had
> > to start using that pesky init thingy but I don't think that is causing
> > the problem.   I get a error/panic and then it says it is going to
> > reboot in 10 seconds.  By the time I figure out where the failure might
> > be, it reboots itself.
>
> That could well be it, Dale. I tried both my currently installed kernels,
> 3.18.16 and 4.0.5, but of course they're both later than 3.18.7. I'd still
> like to get this working, so I'll install an earlier kernel and try that -
> when I've had a bit of a rest!

Nope. That wasn't it. Two more days of wrestling later I still haven't got it 
to boot. I have to conclude that this BIOS is simply incapable of it, or I've 
missed a kernel setting despite hours of poring over the config.

-- 
Rgds
Peter