Re: kernel 2.6.29.6-217.2.3.fc11 compiled from source will not boot‏‏

[Christopher Brown]

2009/8/10 Markus Kesaromous <remotestar at live.com>:
>
> Dear list,
> There is something seriously wrong with this kernel release.
> It compiles - but will not boot all the way. It hangs somewhere.
> I even tried to boot into single user mode. I never get to the shell
> prompt when booting in single user mode, nor to the
> gnome login banner when letting it boot in multiuser mode.
> After some 30-45 minutes I  Ctrl-Alt_Del and the kernel
> pops the message
>
> Stopping all md devices
> ..
> and the pc reboots.
>
> I did not have this problem with these kernels
> 2.6.29.6-213.fc11
> 2.6.29.5-191.fc11
>
> Are there others who have tried to build  2.6.29.6-217.2.3.fc11
> from source rpm and configured the kernel in any way before
> building?
> Did you see any errors when running make modules_install
> as I did? Did the resulting kernel boot up all the way?
>
> If you need more info, please let me know.

The main piece of information you appear to have missed off is the
modifications you have made in your build. I would suggest the
following for further reading:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelCommonProblems

Regards

-- 
Christopher Brown