[syslinux] ISOLINUX boot problem: request for help

Peter Bartke bartke at mi.fu-berlin.de
Fri Jul 27 09:09:19 PDT 2007


H. Peter Anvin schrieb am Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 07:19:36AM -0700:
> Tomas M wrote:
> > A question, what shows the "uncompressing kernel" message? isolinux or
> > kernel itself?
> > 
> 
> "Uncompressing kernel..." comes from the kernel decompressor, which is
> the second of three stages embedded in the kernel image.
> 
> Stage 1 is the kernel setup code.  Usually silent, but if you specify
> "vga=ask" you get a menu from the setup code.
> 
> Stage 2 is the kernel decompressor, prints "Uncompressing kernel... done."
> 
> Stage 3 is the kernel proper, which prints a number of messages, of course.
> 

Now it's clear that the boot process on my machine silently stops at
kernel stage 2. I could see the messages from stage 1 (see earlier post).

Peter




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