[plug] Question about the boot process.

[Carl Gherardi]

Seen this on lkml a bunch of times in the last couple of weeks.

Makes suyre you compile the console into the kernel - not as a module.

Cheers

Carl

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dion [mailto:tenzero at iinet.net.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, 26 February 2003 2:10 PM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: [plug] Question about the boot process.
> 
> 
> Hi I have a question for the clever Pluggers out there.  I am 
> wondering 
> about what is happening at each point in the boot process relative to 
> screen output.
> I have been fiddling with compiling a 2.5.62 kernel under Debian 3.0  
> once complete and the lilo has been updated, I try to boot the kernel.
> It begins booting with screen output
> 
> Loading Linux 2.5.61........................
> 
> and goes no further than that.  At this point is the Kernel 
> still being 
> copied to memory?? or unpacked?? I am trying to figure where 
> to look for 
> the point of failure.
> 
> Cheers.
> D.
> 
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