Hi Robert, Thanks for the reply. I initially tried it with a self-constructed menu.lst but I had the OP's problem with hanging. So then I removed grub2, installed legacy grub, but still had the hang with the system- constructed menu.lst...
The Mach_kernel seemingly compiled correctly using the Darwin Cross tools. I even tried it on a mac... But again, the resulting mach_kernel boots with the same result... Do you have any pointers towards making this work with Karmic... or even a way to test the mach_kernel that will yield some useful debug info? As I say, at the moment it will just sit there at starting Linux for ever (or until the power is yanked!) and I can find no useful way to interact with the box in this state to work on the problem... are there tools that can test the file? Anyway I would still like to have a go with your grub2 patch if that's ok.... Do you have a copy online somewhere? Jim On Dec 3, 5:37 pm, Will Rea <will....@gmail.com> wrote: > I was trying 2.6.36.1 > > On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Robert Baptista <rob...@rbcardiff.net>wrote: > > > > > > > I did a grub2 patch but that won't help you in this case. The grub2 patch > > is just for parsing the grub2 config file. > > > You can get by any problems with grub 2 by creating a menu.lst file with > > the proper entries (3-4 lines I believe). You should be able to find those > > entries on this list, if not I have them at home and can post them. But if > > your kexec is happening with the proper options then it would not help in > > that case. > > > Robert > > > On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 7:14 AM, Jimmer <jim.wiley....@googlemail.com>wrote: > > >> Hi William, > > >> Just wanted to echo your experience. Although personally still using > >> EXT3, when I've tried the above with a Karmic Kernel, I have the same > >> hanging issue. I was wondering if the bootloader needs patching to > >> work with newer Kernels? What Kernel were you trying it with? > > >> I heard there was a grub2 patch floating about somewhere. Perhaps this > >> is what I need (have already tried installing legacy grub and > >> recompiling, but no dice)... > > >> Perhaps more experienced hands can chip in? > > >> Jim > > >> On Dec 1, 11:26 pm, willrea <sillywi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Hi, > > >> > I was wanting to boot to a / that is formatted as ext4. Compiling the > >> > new kernel and cross-compiling everything into a new mach_kernel went > >> > fine but when booting it hangs at "starting linux" > > >> > Any help would be appreciated. > > >> > William Rea > > >> -- > >> To post to this group, send email to atv-bootloader@googlegroups.com > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader?hl=en > > > -- > > To post to this group, send email to atv-bootloader@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader?hl=en > > -- > William Rea -- To post to this group, send email to atv-bootloader@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader?hl=en
