Boot problem

[Sagiv Yefet]

I prepared a kernel elf file.
The station is up and it loads the elf file.
Then nothing happens.
Just print something:
            Firmware: bios is Linuxbios

What can be the problem?

Sagiv

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Sagiv Yefet  [040921 10:21]:
> I prepared a kernel elf file.
> The station is up and it loads the elf file.
> Then nothing happens.
> Just print something:
>             Firmware: bios is Linuxbios

One note: It would be a lot easier to help you if you posted a bit of
context around your debug reports, like 2-3 lines of serial output
before the hang etc. Plus, just pasting the actual serial output is
easier to debug than writing error messages down from memory.
Detailed reports will give you higher quality and quicker answers.
> What can be the problem?

You did not specify to use serial console for your Linux kernel.
add something like "console=ttyS0,115200n8" to your command line.

Stefan

[David Hendricks]

As I recall, that's a message Etherboot tends to spew when there's
something seriously wrong with the elf image. How did you create the
elf? Which version of mkelfImage (If that's what you used)?

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:21:23 +0200
"Sagiv Yefet"  wrote:
> I prepared a kernel elf file.
> The station is up and it loads the elf file.
> Then nothing happens.
> Just print something:
>             Firmware: bios is Linuxbios
>
> What can be the problem?
>
> Sagiv