[syslinux] The computer hangs while booting the kernel
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Tue Jun 17 15:09:59 PDT 2003
Michael Bendzick wrote:
>
> What I'm trying to do initially to learn how syslinux works is to make my
> own kernel with certain driver specs and drop it into an existing/working
> syslinux configuration (in this case Josh Larios' Autoclave from
> http://staff.washington.edu/jdlarios/autoclave/). What this means is I'm
> making my own zImage and putting it on the floppy disk made for Autoclave
> instead of the kernel provided with it.
>
Well, SYSLINUX boots the kernel, it's just that your kernel doesn't run.
Whatever is happening almost certainly has nothing to do with SYSLINUX;
this is a generic kernel booting problem.
If you're actually using zImage then that's the first hint something is
fishy. Use bzImage instead.
> I don't know what to do next with something as seemingly simple as dropping
> in a new kernel to an otherwise working floppy disk. Any and all help will
> be sincerely appreciated.
A new kernel is hardly simple. The dropping part worked fine :-/
-=hpa
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