Re: 2.6.22 booting hangs after "INIT: version 2.86 booting"

["Max Alekseyev" <maxale@gmail.com>]

It happened that this weird behavior was caused by gcc-4.2 compiler.
After recompiling the kernel with gcc-4.1 all troubles have gone.

Max

On 7/11/07, Max Alekseyev <maxale@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have trouble with booting linux kernel 2.6.22 from kernel.org on my
> AMD dual-Opteron 250 system.
> The booting stops right after printing line "INIT: version 2.86
> booting". Nothing happens after that, but it is not a hardware hang as
> keyboard leds respond to pressing Caps/Num lock keys.
>
> If I boot with init=/bin/sh parameter I successfully get into the
> shell but attempts to run scripts from /etc/rcS.d/ all end up with
> Segmentation faults, e.g.:
>
> # sh -x /etc/rcS.d/S01glibc.sh
> ++ uname -s
> Segmentation fault
>
> I am not sure where these segfaults happen as running programs like
> 'uname' directly from the shell works OK.
>
> The 2.6.22 configuration is derived from the working 2.6.21 one. The
> kernel 2.6.21 boots on the very same system without any problems.
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Max
>