Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 20 Dec 1997 10:59:55 -0500 | From | Bill Hawes <> | Subject | Re: 2.1.72/3: boot problems |
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Martin Imrisek wrote: > > A little while ago I posted that when booting a 2.1.72 (SMP) kernel, the > boot seemed to have stopped at the point when the random seed gets > initialized. Basically the machine just sits there... I still have the > same problems for 2.1.73 and I am not sure what could be causing the > problem since most of my kernel options are the same as they were for the > 2.1.66 kernel that I compiled, which incidentally, works well for me.
Try making CONFIG_UNIX=y instead of m. Someone posted an analysis of the problem -- it seems there's a Catch 22 because loading a module needs CONFIG_UNIX to communicate with kerneld.
Regards, Bill
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