Jean-Yves Bitterlich
2004-Feb-19 12:02 UTC
[syslinux] syslinux 2.06, won't boot => kernel size pb?
Hi, I'm currently trying to build up a booting usbstick. works fine with syslinux. However I have some troubles putting my own kernel image (bzImage) instead of that of a distribution (i.e. already compiled). The only difference I noticed is that the "pre-compiled" kernel is about 1.4M big whereas mine 1.5M. The Syslinux Homepage confirm that "this version [...] can now handle large kernel" but it does not tell which version ... should I move to 2.08 or should have this limitation already been solved in 2.06? troubles are: it boots, it loads the kernel, it loads the initrd.img and then ... black-screen, keyboard LEDs (scroll/caps) blinking ... any idea ? I'm using syslinux 2.06; linux-2.4.24 (initrd and ramdisk=16M support). the kernel is 1576905byte big, the initrd.img 1796237bytes. syslinux.cfg is:>> display boot.msg >> prompt 0 >> timeout 100 >> kbdmap syskeyde.kbd >> default linux >> label linux >> kernel linux.os >> append vga=791 initrd=linux.img splash=silent quiet root=/dev/rd/0 devfs=mount(also tried with root=/dev/ram0) Jean-Yves ______________________________________________________________________________ Ein Grund zum Feiern: Die PC Praxis ermittelt zwischen 10 grossen Mailprovidern WEB.DE FreeMail als Testsieger http://f.web.de/?mc=021190
Marc Haisenko
2004-Feb-19 12:25 UTC
[syslinux] syslinux 2.06, won't boot => kernel size pb?
On Thursday 19 February 2004 13:02, Jean-Yves Bitterlich wrote:> >> append vga=791 initrd=linux.img splash=silent quiet root=/dev/rd/0 > >> devfs=mount > > (also tried with root=/dev/ram0)This is the problem, not SYSLINUX... SYSLINUX has done its job when the kernel is starting up. There are several things to check: first, is the root=/dev/rd/0 correct (haven't seen /dev/rd/0, what's this ?) ? Second does your kernel have support for the filesystem on your root partition ? I guess you should also try splash=none or something so you see some messages (you're using the bootsplash patch or a SuSE kernel source, right ?) C'ya, Marc -- Marc Haisenko Linux Solutions Be O.K. service group GmbH R?desheimer Stra?e 7 D-80686 M?nchen Tel: +49 (0)89 - 54 84 99 73 Fax: +49 (0)89 - 54 84 99 28 e-mail: haisenko at be-ok.com http://www.be-ok.com