I'll give it a try, but I don't think it is that. I copied the gentoo installation cd's kernel over the one I had, and then used my same grub setup to boot the computer (ie: I didn't boot from the CD) and it worked fine.
> IIRC, sometime ago (may be a long time) someone on this list reported similar > problem. > Try to search through the archives. > If I'm right, it had something to do with incorrect grub configuration file, > but I can be mistaken. "Incorrect" in this case means wrong syntax > (unneccessary space or another symbol placed somewhere) - not wrong partition > setup. > > Anyway, take a look at your grub.conf and if it's allright, search the > archives for your problem. > > HTH, > Dmitry. > > On Sunday 22 June 2003 23:30, Zachary P. Landau wrote: > > I know this isn't exactly gentoo-specific, but I think it is closely > > related enough to be warranted. > > > > When I booted up the gentoo install cd on my computer, it booted fine. I > > installed everything, recompiled a new kernel, and rebooted. The boot > > loader loads up, but as soon as it tries to load the kernel, the > > computer reboots. Then I tried having grub use the install cd's kernel > > but with my root filesystem, and that booted just fine. > > > > My question is, what type of kernel options could make the computer > > reboot before anything at all is displayed? The only think I could > > think of is the optimization settings (but I think that would just lock > > it up) so I set those to 386 and it still happened. I would just try a > > hit and miss type approach while playing around with options, but it is > > a slower machine and takes a while to compile the kernel. > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Zachary P. Landau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG: gpg --recv-key 0x24E5AD99 | http://kapheine.hypa.net/kapheine.asc Fingerprint: CD78 38F2 44EE 2AAB 7E09 D721 0B05 B230 24E5 AD99 -- -
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