Stew Benedict wrote: > On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 18:42:48 -0400 > Sharon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(by way of Sharon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > >>I've been running the SMP kernel (2.3.18-6.1mdksmp) for a few days without >>incident. But today, during boot, the boot stopped at the point shown in the >>dmesg snippet below. It stops dead, no errors etc, just stops. Once I let it >>set for about 10 minutes, but it never did proceed. >> >>The regular kernel just breezes on by the bad port errors and boots. The >>only changes I made last night was to delete kaffe and install blackdown, but >>I seriously doubt that my java choice caused this. :) >> >>Being generally clueless about this stuff, I don't know where to look to >>start troubleshooting and am open to suggestions. I would also appreciate it >>if someone could tell me what these errors mean. >> >>BTW, this happens whether kudzu/harddrake is on or off. >> >>sharon >> > > Looks like it's dying loading SCSI. Do you have SCSI devices, or perhaps ide-scsi >on the CD? > > Stew Benedict
Just a note to let you know that the problem was on my end, and of course it was something simple. Seems the initrd= line for the smp kernel in my yaboot.conf got scrambled somehow, so the boot looking for that image stopped. I've got both cylinders firing again and two Mandrake stars :) sharon
