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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:28:08 -0600
From: Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Having a problem booting a vanilla kernel
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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...

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