From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-59266-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1HBlcS-0003vf-3q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:33:24 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l0U5WHfH026274; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:32:17 GMT Received: from mail (c-24-245-14-14.hsd1.mn.comcast.net [24.245.14.14]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0U5S90X021572 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:28:09 GMT Received: from pascal.spore.ath.cx (pascal.spore.ath.cx [192.168.1.100]) by mail (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58E2FACCDD for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:27:36 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:28:08 -0600 From: Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Having a problem booting a vanilla kernel Message-ID: <20070129232808.284c7f91@pascal.spore.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <1170125025.14196.9.camel@camille.espersunited.com> References: <1170125025.14196.9.camel@camille.espersunited.com> Organization: Spore, Ltd. X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.4.0 (GTK+ 2.10.6; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 8b528812-558c-49be-bd37-eb31f3b1d076 X-Archives-Hash: cb7e8cec9f0e322ef84065530ad1ef02 On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:43:45 -0600 Michael Sullivan <michael@espersunited.com> wrote: > I wanted to try installing my Win4Lin 9x 5.0 software, so I unzipped > my vanilla kernel source (2.6.11.12 - the newest patch they have for > SMP kernels) into /usr/src and changed the symlink. I applied the > Win4Lin patches. I wanted the config of my currently running kernel, > so I said "make oldconfig" (make oldconfig does do that, right?) I > didn't turn on the Win4Lin support yet because I wanted to see if I > could get the old kernel to work without it first. I set up the > kernel in my /boot/grub/grub.conf file, just like my other kernels. > Pretty routine. When I tried to boot with 2.6.11.12, I got this: > <quote> > Booting 'Linux 2.6.11.12' > root (hd0,1) > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type is 0x83 > kernel /kernel-2.6.11.12 real_root=/dev/sda udev > Error 13: Invalid or unsupported execution format > </quote> > title=Linux 2.6.11.12 > root (hd0,1) > kernel /kernel-2.6.11.12 real_root=/dev/sda6 udev > initrd /initrd-2.6.11.12.img > > I checked against /boot and all the file names are correct. I booted > with the top kernel, so I know those settings are correct, with the > only changes in the filenames. What am I missing here? > -Michael Sullivan- > Should I be appending 'udev' to my kernel boot params? I've never done that. I think the problem may be the configuration of your kernel. Im sure you know what you're doing, as evidenced by the wealth of kernels here, but still I wonder whether a stray keypress maybe set the architecture or subarchitecture incorrectly... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list