[TriLUG] New 2.6.8.1-10mdk Kernel Won't Boot

[Joshua Gitlin]

I kinda figured that. So then, how do I determine why my kernel won't 
boot if it doesn't even print a panic message? is there any way to 
debug it?

-Josh


On Oct 20, 2004, at 6:34 PM, Jeremy Portzer wrote:

> On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 18:24, Joshua Gitlin wrote:
>
>> On a hunch, I cd'ed to /usr/src/linux and tried to execute
>> './vmlinux'... just to see what would happen.
>>
>> It segfaulted! Is this normal???
>
> Err, I'd guess this is completely normal. The kernel is a very special
> binary and is only intended to be run by a bootloader.  It probably
> can't handle the "user-mode" environment provided by the running
> kernel.  In fact, the running kernel MUST prevent your new kernel from
> executing, because it will immediately try to do things that violate 
> the
> protection put in place by the running kernel.
>
> You will need a virtual machine like VMware, or a user-mode-Linux 
> setup,
> in order to expect this kind of test to work.
>
> Jeremy
>
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