Re: kernel panic

[David Balazic]

mi wrote:
> 
> Hello, thanks for reply.
> I didn't pick up the task until now, but will in a few days.
> 
> David Balazic [Monday, 24. March 2003 10:28]:
> >| You may post your working lilo.conf , so we can compare it to your
> >| (non-working) grub setup.
> So here it is.

The first obvious difference is the usage of the "vga=" option
with lilo, but not with grub.


> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I. Config for mbr LILO of ide drive hd0 = hda:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> read-only
> lba32
> vga=ask
> boot = /dev/hda
> install = /boot/boot.b
> map = /boot/map
> message=/boot/bootmsg.txt
> prompt
> timeout=100
> # -------------- Image Section:
> other = /dev/hdc
>     label = woodyC
>     alias = 4
>     loader=/boot/chain.b
>     map-drive = 0x80
>         to = 0x83
> 
> image = /boot/vmlinuz
>     label = kiste-2.19  # an old  SuSe i have to wipe out ...
>     alias = 1
>     root = /dev/hda6
> 
> image = /boot/vmlinuz
>     label = potato-2.19         # my first Debian; now my rescue system ;-)
>     alias = 2
>     root = /dev/hdc11
> 
> image = /boot/vmlinuz
>     label = woody-2.19          # But usually i let it chain by timeout 
> (image 0).
>     alias = 3
>     root = /dev/hdc6
> 
> II. Config for mbr LILO of ide drive hd1 = hdc:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> lba32
> boot=/dev/hdc
> install=/boot/boot-menu.b
> map=/boot/map
> delay=400
> message=/boot/bootmsg.txt
> prompt
> timeout=200
> vga=0
> 
> image=/boot/vmlinuz             # this one doesn't wotk with grub from floppy.
>         label=Woody
>         root=/dev/hdc6
>         read-only
>         alias=1
> 
> image=/boot/POTATO/vmlinuz
>         label=Potato
>         read-only
>         root=/dev/hdc11
>         optional
>         alias=2
> 
> other=/dev/hda
>         label=boot_hda
>         alias=3
>         loader=/boot/chain.b
>         map-drive = 0x83                # didn't get it working with lilo.
>         to = 0x80
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> In a few days, i go pick it up with Kernel 2.4.18 and 2.4.20.
> If i get the same with 4.18 i'll try to file a bug report.
> Thank you for the hint.
> 
>                                 micha.
> 
> >| > When i boot a 2.4.17 kernel ( no matter if from the harddrive or from
> >| > the floppy) it comes up ok, but then freezes, after 'Mounted root (ext2)
> >| > readonly' .... only occasionally with some error reporting (see below).
> >| > The root filesystem is on ide1 (master) = (hd1,5) = hdc6, a logical
> >| > partition about 17 GB  'far' from the rim. I don't use any 'lba' option
> >| > for grub. i did some tracking...
> >| > My first idea was to pass the --no-mem-option; but that did not
> >| > match.... Next idea, swap: there's a swap on each of both drives;
> >| > so the kernel has to access the a ide drive that was inactive before.
> >| > That's a difference i can imagine to my current 'fixed' LILO
> >| > configuration, that chains from ide0 to ide1.
> >| > But excluding the ide0-swap from /etc/fstab won't match, either.
> >| > No i tried to boot a 2.2.19 kernel from ide0.
> >| > That worked !
> >| > Next i copied this kernel to ide1, and voila ! there it works, too.
> >| > Also from floppy.
> >| > So it seems to be a 2.4.17 specific problem.
> >| >
> >| > Here's the first lines of it's error output, that occurs not every time,
> >| > so I'm not sure if this is related to the freezing or not:
> >| >
> >| > Unable to handle paging request at virtual address f604c487
> >| > printing eip: c0118e3e
> >| > xpde: 000000000000
> >| > Oops: 0002
> >| > [ much more stuff below, but no human language words...]
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