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Re: [PLUG] initrd/udev hell...again
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In the message dated: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 13:34:21 EDT,
The pithy ruminations from "Jon Nelson" on
<Re: [PLUG] initrd/udev hell...again> were:
=> sean finney wrote:
=> > hey jon,
=> >
=> > On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 02:25:02PM -0400, Jon Nelson wrote:
=> >> title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.16-2-k7
=> >> root (hd0,0)
=> >> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-2-k7 root=/dev/hda1 acpi=off noapci
=> >> ro
=> >> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16-2-k7
=> >> savedefault
=> >> boot
=> >
=> > idea #1: try adding noapic to the kernel line.
=> > idea #2: try to see if the generic 386 kernel works instead
=> >
=> >> >From the GRUB website in describing 'boot':
=> >>
=> >> "Boot the OS or chain-loader which has been loaded..."
=> >>
=> >> So I would think that it loads correctly. I guess that points to the
Sort of.
I don't recall the details of your original post, but be very aware that initrd
absolutely depends on the presence of an empty directory:
/initrd
in the root directory. The machine will fail to boot, and will give a very
misleading error, if that directory isn't there.
http://www.wplug.org/pipermail/wplug/2004-May/022076.html
http://dannyman.toldme.com/2005/11/08/slash-initrd/
Mark
=> >
=> > well if it can get to the kernel, it should at least give you the
=> > loading/uncompressing kernel image line. something else that might
=> > be worth trying is
=> >
=> > idea #3: check the version of your motherboard firmware/bios and seeing
=> > if there's some kind of update available.
=> >
=>
=> Thanks for the ideas! I am away at training and will try them when I get
=> back.
=>
=> Jon
=>
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