Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 18 Feb 1997 07:45:39 -0800 (PST) | From | Robert Glover <> | Subject | Re: Kernel boot hang after upgrade |
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Have you upgraded all your other utilities <libc, gcc, binutils, etc etc> per the Documentation/Changes file? -Rob
On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Olufemi Mansa Anthony wrote:
> I'm not sure whether this is the correct mailing-list to ask this question. > If it isn't please let me know which group is appropriate. > > I've just upgraded my kernel from 1.2.3 to 2.0.28 and created a boot disk > using > > make zdisk > When I try to boot the new kernel, it prints out all the diagnostic messages > up to the point where it mounts the ext2fs filesystem, and then it just > hangs. > > I've tracked the error down to this protion of the code in init/main.c: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > while (1) { > pid = kernel_thread(do_shell, > execute_command ? execute_command : "/bin/sh", > SIGCHLD); > if (pid < 0) { > printf("Fork failed in init\n\r"); > continue; > } > while (1) > /**************************RIGHT HERE !!!! ***************************/ > if (pid == wait(&i)) > > /****************************************** ***************************/ > break; > printf("\n\rchild %d died with code %04x\n\r",pid,i); > sync(); > } > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > In other words, its blockin/dying on the wait for the child process - the > kernel_thread process? > > Upon using printk, I have been able to get the following error message > printed: > > "Child process died with error code 1100" > > Anyone knows what this error code means in the context of the kernel? > This wasthe error code that the kernel_thrad routine produced. > > I'd appreciate any help you can give as I am VERY FRUSTRATED with this > problem. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Olufemi Anthony "Without struggle... > femibyte@onyx.interactive.net there is no progress..." > http://www.interactive.net/~femibyte Frederick Douglas > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > >
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