On Sunday 11 March 2018 19:36:37 John ff wrote: > i have an Intel Atom CPU N2600 @ 1.60GHz that I fairly recently > upgraded from Whezzy to Jessie, but I cannot boot the kernel(s) that > came with Jessie. > > All is OK with vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64, but both 3.16.0-4-amd64 and > 3.16.0-5-amd64 fail to load. When equipped with a screen I see it > says Loading .. but it does not complete with no disk activity. The > 3.2.0-4-amd64 kernel gives the same loading message followed shortly > by saying the /dev/sda2 disk partition is clean and it continues to > boot. Sorry I cannot remember the exact words after "Loading" but this > m/c usually runs headless as my firewall and server. > > I am looking for any clues as how to continue the upgrade to Stretch. > > ==John ffitch > > > Sent from Blue
First and obvious question: Its an intel atom, so why are you trying to load and exec a kernel that was built to run on an amd64? -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>