Re: Kernel 2.5.72 doesn't load up

[Marc-Christian Petersen <m.c.p@wolk-project.de>]

On Monday 30 June 2003 22:55, gilson r wrote:

Hi Gilson,

> Just as when I tried 2.5.64, I get now the same result with 2.5.72.
Consider using .73 :)

> When I reboot with the new kernel, I get:
>    "Booting 'Linux-2.5.72'
>    kernel (hd1,14)/vmlinuz-2.5.72 ro root=/dev/hdb2 hdc=ide-scsi
>  [Linux - bzImage, setup=0x1400, size=0xdd72f]
>    initrd (hd1,14)/initrd-2.5.72.img
>  [Linux - initrd @ 0xf7cb000, 0x14d14 bytes]
>  Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel."
> And it hangs there, whether I compile with Mandrake-9.1 or RedHat-8.
> I'd love to learn what I'm doing wrong.
Well, does it _really_ hang or are you able to ping that machine from another 
machine? Your error looks like the 8435989 times discussed misconfiguration 
;)

CONFIG_INPUT=y
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y

Make sure you have the above set in your .config

Or, to speak in menuconfig language:

Input device support ->
 [*] Input devices (needed for keyboard, mouse, ...)
Character devices ->
 [*] Virtual terminal
    [*] Support for console on virtual terminal


ciao, Marc