[ltp] 2.6 kernel on TP600 ?

Nicolas linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:53:29 +0200


On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 05:50:29PM +1200, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:43, Nicolas wrote:
> 
> > I compiled a 2.6.12 kernel on my thinkpad 600E, and it always gives me a
> > kernel panic at boot time. The same happens with a 2.6.12 kernel.
> 
> You didn't give us much to go on.
> 
> What distro are you using?  Are you using a kernel provided by that distros 
> maintainers, or rolling your own?
> 
> I have seen this happen for distros that use init ramdisks when compiling a 
> kernel without one.  Another possibility is a mismatch in the grub script.
> 
> Please tell us more.  You are the only one that knows what your situation is.
> 
> Cheers,
> Bret

I use a Debian SID on a Thinkpad 600E. It's not a kernel provided by
Debian.
Init ramdisks? I created an initrd for both 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 kernel and
I still get the exact kernel panic at boot time... :-/

Nicolas.

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