Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot boot 2.6.21-gentoo-r4

2007-07-17 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 17 July 2007 22:02, Peter Alfredsen wrote: > On Tuesday 17 July 2007, Mick wrote: > > On Tuesday 17 July 2007 15:46, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:00:05 +0100, Mick wrote: > > > > It's not as if it starts to load the kernel and then fails. It just > > > > stops befor

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot boot 2.6.21-gentoo-r4

2007-07-17 Thread Peter Alfredsen
On Tuesday 17 July 2007, Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 17 July 2007 15:46, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:00:05 +0100, Mick wrote: > > > It's not as if it starts to load the kernel and then fails. It just > > > stops before then. Shall I wait for a future version? Am I the only > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot boot 2.6.21-gentoo-r4

2007-07-17 Thread Dale
Albert Hopkins wrote: > On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 15:19 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On Tuesday 17 July 2007, Mick wrote: >> >>> On Tuesday 17 July 2007 13:20, Billy McCann wrote: >>> Hi Mick. From what I understand, using oldconfig for major version changes (.20 -> .21)

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot boot 2.6.21-gentoo-r4

2007-07-17 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 17 July 2007 15:46, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:00:05 +0100, Mick wrote: > > It's not as if it starts to load the kernel and then fails. It just > > stops before then. Shall I wait for a future version? Am I the only > > one here with running a PIII that won't boot t

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot boot 2.6.21-gentoo-r4

2007-07-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:00:05 +0100, Mick wrote: > It's not as if it starts to load the kernel and then fails. It just > stops before then. Shall I wait for a future version? Am I the only > one here with running a PIII that won't boot this kernel? Is it possible that your kernel image is corru

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot boot 2.6.21-gentoo-r4

2007-07-17 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 15:19 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 17 July 2007, Mick wrote: > > On Tuesday 17 July 2007 13:20, Billy McCann wrote: > > > Hi Mick. From what I understand, using oldconfig for major > > > version changes (.20 -> .21) is a bad idea. Here's what I did. It > > > ma

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot boot 2.6.21-gentoo-r4

2007-07-17 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 17 July 2007 14:30, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:20:06 -0500, Billy McCann wrote: > > Hi Mick. From what I understand, using oldconfig for major version > > changes (.20 -> .21) is a bad idea. Here's what I did. It may be slow > > and stupid but it worked like a char

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot boot 2.6.21-gentoo-r4

2007-07-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:20:06 -0500, Billy McCann wrote: > Hi Mick. From what I understand, using oldconfig for major version > changes (.20 -> .21) is a bad idea. Here's what I did. It may be slow > and stupid but it worked like a charm. 2.6.20 to 2.6.21 is not a major version change, it's a

Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Cannot boot 2.6.21-gentoo-r4

2007-07-17 Thread Sergey A. Kobzar
Hi Billy, Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 3:20:06 PM, you wrote: > Hi Mick. From what I understand, using oldconfig for major > version changes (.20 -> .21) is a bad idea. Here's what I did. It > may be slow and stupid but it worked like a charm. > Open two root terminals and navigate one to /usr/s

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot boot 2.6.21-gentoo-r4

2007-07-17 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 17 July 2007, Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 17 July 2007 13:20, Billy McCann wrote: > > Hi Mick. From what I understand, using oldconfig for major > > version changes (.20 -> .21) is a bad idea. Here's what I did. It > > may be slow and stupid but it worked like a charm. > > Sure, but I h

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot boot 2.6.21-gentoo-r4

2007-07-17 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 17 July 2007 13:20, Billy McCann wrote: > Hi Mick. From what I understand, using oldconfig for major version > changes (.20 -> .21) is a bad idea. Here's what I did. It may be slow and > stupid but it worked like a charm. Sure, but I have been using oldconfig for previous major cha

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot boot 2.6.21-gentoo-r4

2007-07-17 Thread Billy McCann
On 7/17/07, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All, This must have been the first time in many years that I cannot boot a kernel. I mean I cannot boot it at all! It just spins the disk at Booting kernel . . . Since I built this from a 2.6.20-gentoo-r8 .config file using make oldconfig, so I a

[gentoo-user] Cannot boot 2.6.21-gentoo-r4

2007-07-17 Thread Mick
Hi All, This must have been the first time in many years that I cannot boot a kernel. I mean I cannot boot it at all! It just spins the disk at Booting kernel . . . Since I built this from a 2.6.20-gentoo-r8 .config file using make oldconfig, so I am not sure what's gone wrong. The only re