From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.3 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_06_12, DMARC_REJECT,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mail.net-labs.de ([217.5.177.78]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15dq0C-0004Gj-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2001 03:26:44 -0600 Received: from imaginevm (guest0.net-labs.local [10.0.0.200]) by mail.net-labs.de (net-labs.de Mail-Server) with SMTP id 8AFB018BA for ; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 09:26:01 +0000 (/etc/localtime) Message-ID: <002f01c1345a$78c40da0$c800000a@netlabs.local> From: "Holger Brueckner" To: References: <20010902194743.B2711@cvs.gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Hang on RAMDISK with rc6-r9 iso MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon Sep 3 03:27:02 2001 X-Original-Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 11:26:11 +0200 X-Archives-Salt: 41bddf84-7bba-455d-b7e0-e351d2525e9c X-Archives-Hash: 6c378ec9cc688e03fc7825a6c464db36 > > RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 > > > > It just hangs... nothing happens. Any thoughts? > > I just tested the 1.0_rc6-r9 CD and it booted perfectly for me. It seems > strange that the system should just lock while the kernel is booting. Is > it possible that your ISO image somehow got corrupted, or that your CD burn > did not run properly? I'll post md5sums to the ix86-linux-gnu directory > on ibiblio.org right now which allow you to easily see if your download > is corrupt. hmm, this is very strange .. afther bnooting with loadlin yesterday i got the message that kernel is trying to get read access beyond the ramdisk limits .. so it can't find init :( this could be a problem with loadlin, but i don't think so ... did you check it with a scsi system ?? i can uncompress the initrd and mount it on my working gentoo box, so i don't think my download is corrupt ... cya Holger