Re: 2.6.0 fails to complete boot - Sony VAIO laptop

[William Lee Irwin III]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 09:40:32AM +0000, Alexander Poquet wrote:
> I downloaded and compiled the stock 2.6.0 kernel (no patches applied) and
> attempted to get it to boot on my Sony VAIO laptop (which is running Debian
> testing).  I followed the instructions in README and checked all the relevant
> software in Documentation/Changes; I believe I'm doing everything
> correctly.  I always compile my own kernel.
> Initially, it appeared to not get passed the Loading Linux.... phase;
> the screen would simply blank.  Setting vga=normal however
> demonstrated that the kernel does in fact begin to boot before
> becoming unresponsive; however, the screen still blanks and does so
> too quickly for me to see any relevant printks.

Could you post your lilo.conf and/or grub.conf and /etc/fstab?


-- wli
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