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barnaclebarnes
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 Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2002 5:55 pm Post subject: Gentoo Hangs on Boot...After Install |
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After installing Gentoo and compiling a kernel, etc I rebooted. Now my system hangs part way through the boot process. I am guessing I screwed up with some kernel options...
a) What is the best way to recover and recompile a new kernel?
b) I could use the kernel that came with the Gentoo boot CD but I cannot find what file it is. Can anybody tell me what the file name is and where it is located on the 1.4 CD? Then I could copy it to /boot/working_kernel and get Grub to boot that.
Thanks
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UclaBob
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| Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2002 6:39 pm Post subject: I feel your pain |
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I'm having the same kind of problem...where is your install locking ?
"uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xbf80, IRQ 11"
is the last line that I see....I'm using a Dell Inspiron 4150 (laptop)....if it locks in the middle of booting, then its probably a kernel build problem...I just don't know what I did wrong...I used the gentoo kernel...I'll give that another go, and if that doesn't work then I'll switch to a vanilla one...
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pjp
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| Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2002 9:25 pm Post subject: Re: Gentoo Hangs on Boot...After Install |
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| barnaclebarnes wrote: | | a) What is the best way to recover and recompile a new kernel? |
You could check the FAQ: I made a mistake compiling my kernel and now my computer won't boot. What can I do now?
| Quote: | | b) I could use the kernel that came with the Gentoo boot CD but I cannot find what file it is. |
I've seen posts that point to where they are located, but I don't know where off the top of my head. The filename itself is '.config'. As in, /usr/src/linux/.config
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pjp
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| Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2002 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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Here's the link to a CD .config file.
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wim
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| Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2002 8:21 am Post subject: |
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i've got the same error, the kernel died on uhci stuff...
BUT, i only got this error with the gentoo-sources
using the vanilla-sources everything worked great |
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barnaclebarnes
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| Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:46 am Post subject: Its working... |
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I got the .config file from the URL listed above and downloaded a vanilla kernel. It compiles and now I have a booting machine. Now to get my network up and running.
Thanks for the help.
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UclaBob
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| Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2002 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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I actually did some forum searching and came across something that said leaving SMP enabled leads to the kernel not being able to boot.
So I disabled it, and recompiled and all was good....I think that's why the vanilla-sources will work and the gentoo ones won't sometimes...
Just throwing that out for y'all 
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