[syslinux] The computer hangs while booting the kernel

[H. Peter Anvin]

Julian Picht wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> I have got the Problem that syslinux does not boot my kernel it loads it:
> 
> SYSLINUX 2.02 2003-02-13  Copyright (C) 1994-2003 H. Peter Anvin
> boot:
> Loading linux..............Ready.
> Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel.
> 
> and then it just hangs.
> 
> Is this a problem with Syslinux or with my kernel?
> 

If you get the "OK, booting the kernel", then the kernel was loaded 
correctly by SYSLINUX.  If you're using a 2.5 kernel, make sure that (a) 
you compile in VT console and (b) pass "console=tty0" on the command 
line; this should be the default but that is currently broken in the 2.5 
series.

	-hpa