[gdth?] can't boot FC2 test kernel on FC1

[Matias Feliciano]

Le lun 10/05/2004 à 16:28, Matt Bernstein a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> I have a pretty normal dual-athlon box with a load of hard drives running 
> off an ICP-Vortex GDT8543RZ card.
> 
> I can install shiny 2.6 kernel RPMs, but they won't boot. My hand-built 
> 2.6.6-rc3 is running just fine (as you can see from the silly IRQ :).
> 
> 00:08.0 SCSI storage controller: ICP Vortex Computersysteme GmbH GDT 8x43RZ
>         Subsystem: ICP Vortex Computersysteme GmbH GDT 8x43RZ
>         Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
>         Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
>         Latency: 64, cache line size 10
>         Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 169
>         Region 0: Memory at ea100000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
>         Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=32K]
>         Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
>                 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
>                 Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
> 
> [its ID is 1119:01fd if that helps]
> 
> When trying to boot the kernel RPM, it successfully loads the initrd which 
> contains all the right drivers, but then after freeing some memory, 
> nothing happens (at this point I'd hope /sbin/init might run!).
> 
> Has anyone else seen this? I don't know where the problem is, or where to 
> bugzilla it.
> 
> Another thing I'm doing which might not be entirely regular is that I'm 
> using external journals for all my volumes (it rather helps ext3 
> performance..).
> 
> I'm a little concerned that FC2 might not boot.
> 
> Any light gratefully received..
> 

http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.6/RPMS.kernel/
you should update mkinitrd ...