From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from smtp03.wxs.nl (smtp03.wxs.nl [195.121.6.37]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57A9E200B11E for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2002 09:33:24 -0600 (CST) Received: from Mobilehq ([80.60.5.152]) by smtp03.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id GRJ4GZ01.WB8 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2002 16:31:47 +0100 From: Arnold de Bruijn To: Gentoo-dev mailinglist Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0.2 Date: 14 Feb 2002 16:30:21 +0100 Message-Id: <1013700621.780.69.camel@Mobilehq> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: [gentoo-dev] new -r15.iso freezes when booting (due to empty memorystick-slot) Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 1b0bc494-c50d-4263-a51c-24ad04ad91af X-Archives-Hash: 7f917628983653311fd6fc158f5a74c1 Hi all, I'm running Gentoo linux -r14 on my Sony VAIO PCG-Z600TEK for a month now and I absolutely love it, it's really fast! This week I tried the new -r15.iso to test the added preliminary PCI device autodetection and the USB-HID support. Just curious. What happened was this. When booting from cd, all the hardware is correctly recgnised, but when the kernel tries to boot the memorystick it freezes. My laptop has an internal memorystick-slot (i.e. a device to put a memorystick/flashcard in). Internally this memorystick slot is usb-connected and recognised as a scsi (??) storage-device. The kernel tries to mount the device (just like any other harddisks) but since there is no memorystick in the slot, there is nothing to be mounted. That's where it goes wrong, the kernel freezes. I had this same problem with -r14, not when booting from cd, but later, on the first reboot after finishing the base install en compiling the kernel. Then I solved this problem by adding the following line to my /etc/fstab: /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb-ms auto noauto,user,sync,exec 0 0 which prevents the device from mounting at boot time. I don't really think this is a bug, but I can't use the new iso for this reason. Hope this can be fixed on the next iso. regards, Arnold