From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OAHfq-0007iH-E0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 07 May 2010 07:08:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DB969E074C; Fri, 7 May 2010 07:08:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp-out110.alice.it (smtp-out110.alice.it [85.37.17.110]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80017E074C for ; Fri, 7 May 2010 07:08:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from FBCMMO02.fbc.local ([192.168.68.196]) by smtp-out110.alice.it with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 7 May 2010 09:07:58 +0200 Received: from FBCMCL01B06.fbc.local ([192.168.69.87]) by FBCMMO02.fbc.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 7 May 2010 09:07:58 +0200 Received: from infra.agr.fm ([79.40.116.89]) by FBCMCL01B06.fbc.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 7 May 2010 09:07:58 +0200 Received: from [192.168.64.9] (silver.agr.fm [192.168.64.9]) by infra.agr.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE3F65DD17A for ; Fri, 7 May 2010 09:07:56 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4BE3BC4D.3000400@alyf.net> Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 09:07:57 +0200 From: Andrea Conti User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] x86 boot failure References: <264561CB-EDC4-46DA-8048-3333FDE076E9@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <264561CB-EDC4-46DA-8048-3333FDE076E9@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 May 2010 07:07:58.0278 (UTC) FILETIME=[05ECC660:01CAEDB4] X-Archives-Salt: 2199e1ca-fe31-4b4d-a877-cbf8ad10779e X-Archives-Hash: 08c86fd4a7c7a5aac7b0f859387b6fc1 > Are you sure ext[234] is compiled statically into the kernel in this > .config? > Also the drivers for the EIDE / SATA controller. Missing FS and/or controller drivers will result in a regular kernel boot with a panic at the end, when it's time to mount root and load init. In this case grubs seems to load the kernel image, but the kernel hangs before printing anything. I would check the processor type setting (A 3GHz Celeron should be P4-based) and/or muck around with ACPI. Also try disabling framebuffer drivers and using a plain VGA console. Leave all advanced settings in your bios to their defaults. And no, EM64T just means it *can* run amd64 -- i686 is fine and IMO a lot better for that kind of hardware if you do not absolutely need to run 64-bit code for some reason. andrea