[ltp] getting 2.4.16 to boot on a 600e

[Tod Harter]

Actually I think ALL recent Redhat based distros use an initial ramdisk. I 
know Mandrake seems to. Probably mostly because it makes things a lot easier 
when you have a distribution that people might mount in a variety of ways, 
then you don't need a dozen different kernel images. Anyway, you probably DO 
need the "initialrd" support, and you definitely need whatever file system 
you boot off of compiled directly into to the kernel, as well as all the IDE 
and/or SCSI modules you would need to interface to that device. 

Past that you should make sure lilo was rerun after you installed. Generally 
you would get the old "li" error (the letters "li" just appear on your 
console if you don't redo lilo). It is possible you are trying to use kernel 
framebuffer support and either you are trying to use a video resolution for 
text mode that your chip doesn't support or something along those lines. Try 
making sure that your kernel uses a vanilla text console. "console 
drivers->vga text console"

Also make sure you have "virtual terminal" and "support for console on 
virtual terminal" turned on.

On Monday 10 December 2001 06:08, you wrote:
> On Monday 10 December 2001 11:31, you wrote:
> > finished recompiling....
> >
> > rebooted .......
> >
> > and now I'm presented with a nice blank screen and no sign of any
> > activity
>
> I hope you have not compiled the ReiserFS support as a
> module? That would match your initial problem. Is ReiserFS
> in the kernel source now?
>
> Maybe you need 'initial ramdisk' support and a ramdisk
> image? I know this is needed if you want to boot off a SCSI
> device, and maybe you also need it if your root filesystem
> is not directly supported by the kernel image you are trying
> to boot.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike.
>
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