Thomas Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi. > > Look at this: > > $ file arch/x86/boot/bzImage (tree 821f3eff7cdb9d6c7076effabd46c96c322daed1) > arch/x86/boot/bzImage: Linux kernel x86 boot executable zImage, version > 2.6.23 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) #39, RO-rootFS, root_dev 0x803, swap_dev > 0x1, Prompt for Videomode > > $ file /boot/bzImage-2.6.23 > /boot/bzImage-2.6.23: Linux kernel x86 boot executable RO-rootFS, > root_dev 0x803, swap_dev 0x1, Normal VGA > > and this: > > # kexec -l arch/x86/boot/bzImage > Cannot determine the file type of arch/x86/boot/bzImage > > How to solve this error?
Looks like a kbuild error was causing us to build zImage kernels instead of bzImage kernels on x86 and thus kexec didn't recognize the format and so refused to boot it. Eric - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/