From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JG25m-0006tl-LY for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:01:50 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5A627E07B6; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:01:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.196]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDE10E07B3 for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:01:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.11] (ool-44c133d7.dyn.optonline.net [68.193.51.215]) by mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0JUV00HRM9HUQL80@mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:01:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:01:00 -0500 From: Statux Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] No kernel boot after inserting more ram In-reply-to: <12a679470801181458y54f73ed8i6f81761b7e8f72b8@mail.gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-id: <1200704460.6011.3.camel@statux.kicks-ass.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.1 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <12a679470801181458y54f73ed8i6f81761b7e8f72b8@mail.gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: ce725153-1649-40e8-925a-88cfc3fb6a95 X-Archives-Hash: 9f7b52588522f45d753f6cc3dd8028cf On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 22:58 +0000, Jos=E9 Pedro Saraiva wrote: > Hi all, wise gentoo users! > I've recently bought an extra GB of RAM for my laptop. After inserting > it, kernel refuses to boot, it hangs at "Booting the kernel" > I'm sure there's nothing wrong with the RAM, so it must be some other > issue, perhaps related with my boot options?=20 > Any help or ideas are welcome :) I don't know if you've tried this one already but another idea would be to enter the system setup (BIOS) and just save the changes, then reboot. You used to have to do this after any physical changes with RAM, though I haven't seen it in years. Just something else to try. > Here's an extract of my grub.conf: >=20 > title Gentoo 2.6.22-r8 > root (hd0,1) > kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.22-r8 root=3D/dev/sda5 > splash=3Dverbose,fadein,theme:emergence fbcon=3Dscrollback:128K > console=3D/dev/tty1 combined_mode=3Dlibata=20 > initrd /boot/fbsplash-emergence-1024x768 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > Best regards, > Jos=E9 Pedro --=20 Statux --=20 gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list