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From: Dan Farrell <dan@×××××××××.cx>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Having a problem booting a vanilla kernel
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:33:24
Message-Id: 20070129232808.284c7f91@pascal.spore.ath.cx
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] OT - Having a problem booting a vanilla kernel by Michael Sullivan
1 On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:43:45 -0600
2 Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > I wanted to try installing my Win4Lin 9x 5.0 software, so I unzipped
5 > my vanilla kernel source (2.6.11.12 - the newest patch they have for
6 > SMP kernels) into /usr/src and changed the symlink. I applied the
7 > Win4Lin patches. I wanted the config of my currently running kernel,
8 > so I said "make oldconfig" (make oldconfig does do that, right?) I
9 > didn't turn on the Win4Lin support yet because I wanted to see if I
10 > could get the old kernel to work without it first. I set up the
11 > kernel in my /boot/grub/grub.conf file, just like my other kernels.
12 > Pretty routine. When I tried to boot with 2.6.11.12, I got this:
13 > <quote>
14 > Booting 'Linux 2.6.11.12'
15 > root (hd0,1)
16 > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type is 0x83
17 > kernel /kernel-2.6.11.12 real_root=/dev/sda udev
18 > Error 13: Invalid or unsupported execution format
19 > </quote>
20
21 > title=Linux 2.6.11.12
22 > root (hd0,1)
23 > kernel /kernel-2.6.11.12 real_root=/dev/sda6 udev
24 > initrd /initrd-2.6.11.12.img
25
26 >
27 > I checked against /boot and all the file names are correct. I booted
28 > with the top kernel, so I know those settings are correct, with the
29 > only changes in the filenames. What am I missing here?
30 > -Michael Sullivan-
31 >
32
33 Should I be appending 'udev' to my kernel boot params? I've never done
34 that.
35
36 I think the problem may be the configuration of your kernel. Im sure
37 you know what you're doing, as evidenced by the wealth of kernels here,
38 but still I wonder whether a stray keypress maybe set the architecture
39 or subarchitecture incorrectly...
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