Messages in this thread | | | From | Hermann Himmelbauer <> | Subject | Re: Linux-2.4.20 on a 4 MB Laptop | Date | Thu, 10 Apr 2003 20:19:31 +0200 |
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On Thursday 10 April 2003 04:53, Nuno Silva wrote: > Hermann Himmelbauer wrote: > > Well - anyway, the kernel boots but right stops after: > > INIT: Entering runlevel:3 > > > > The next line is: > > INIT: open(/dev/console): Input/output error > > INIT: Id "2" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes > > ... > > > > That's it. > > Maybe you striped too much and didn't include *any* console type > (serial, vga or framebuffer)? :)
No, I thought of this - in menuconfig I use this: [*] Virtual terminal [*] Support for console on virtual terminal
Moreover the exact same kernel boots in another notebook (P-II, 333 Mhz, 144MB Ram) - I simply put the 2.5'' Harddisk in the other Laptop.
Anyway, I'll try the following:
1) Try to get more RAM ( + 8MB, 12MB should be enough - but maybe I'll never get this IBM specific DRAM-cards for this old laptop. 2) Kick out ext3 - this could save more memory 3) Try init=/bin/sh and "swapon" manually 4) Use an older or memory optimized kernel
Booting with "mem=4" will probably also help with testing.
Many thanks for your helpful replies!
Best Regards, Hermann
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