[syslinux] ISOLINUX boot problem: request for help

[H. Peter Anvin]

Peter Bartke wrote:
> 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).
> 

As in "before", "during" or "after"?

	-hpa