On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:58:17 +0100 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Sonntag 14 Dezember 2008, David Relson wrote: > > I'm attempting to upgrade my kernel from 2.6.25-gentoo-r7 to > > 2.6.27-gentoo-r5 and have run into a snag. > > > > With the 2.6.25 kernel, the boot proces displays > > > > ...[stuff]... > > Loading modules > > ... libata ... > > ... scsi_wait_scan ... > > ... ahci ... > > ... sg ... > > ... ehci-hcd ... > > ... usb-storage ... > > ... uhci-hcd ... > > ... ohci-hcd ... > > Activating mdev > > > > With the 2.6.27 kernel, after displaying "Loading modules" and its > > related messages, the "Activating mdev" message never appears and > > the boot process is stopped. > > > > Anybody know what's wrong? > > > > FWIW, the mobo is an ASUS M2A-VM HDMI with an AMD64 X2 5000+ CPU and > > 8GB ram. The 2.6.25 kernel is new as I've just upgraded from an IDE > > HD to SATA. The 2.6.27 configuration was generated from the 2.6.25 > > configuration using "make oldconfig". > > so you are missing the right drivers and you have the wrong entries > in /etc/fstab? Because sata = sdX. ide = hdX. > > oh - and not using an initrd and having everything needed to boot in > the kernel takes away a lot of potential problems. >
Hi Volker, Remember, the system is running fine with 2.6.25 and doesn't boot with 2.6.27. /etc/fstab is a constant isn't changing. Therefore I can say with certainty that it's not the change from ide/hdX to sata/sdX. If I recall, I encountered the same boot issue back when I only had an IDE drive and attempted to use 2.6.26. At that time I wasn't concerned, so didn't attempt to determine what was wrong. As additional info, I've replace my .config with arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig and have the same problem. Cheers! David
