Getting stuck at the filesystem stage

[Tosif Ahmed]

On 4/16/07, Tosif Ahmed <tosifahamed at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> NO i think its loading the kernel properly, because it says
> Loading Kernel............
> Loading fs.gz..............
> and gets stuck here not moving off from this point.
> I downloaded the newer veriosn of syslinux but that also dint help. And
> one more think i shud've said before i am trying to boot from a usb disk(1
> GB in size). Does this fact come into play anywhere??
>
> Plzz could you tell me how to add debug options to the syslinux.cfg? I
> tried the documentation of syslinux for this but cudnt find much.
>
> On 4/16/07, Jan Evert van Grootheest <Jan-Evert.van.Grootheest at vialis.nl >
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >   -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > *Van:* Tosif Ahmed [mailto:tosifahamed at gmail.com]
> > *Verzonden:* maandag 16 april 2007 13:55
> > *Aan:* Jan Evert van Grootheest; busybox at busybox.net
> > *Onderwerp:* Re: Getting stuck at the filesystem stage
> >
> > sorry i think i forgot to attach it, i am attaching it again and also
> > here is my syslinux.cfg file
> >
> > TIMEOUT 20
> > DEFAULT linux
> > LABEL linux
> >     KERNEL linux
> >     APPEND root=/dev/ram0 initrd=
> > fs.gz
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 4/16/07, Jan Evert van Grootheest <Jan-Evert.van.Grootheest at vialis.nl
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > I think your screenshot got removed. It is missing from the email I
> > > received.
> > >
> > >  -- Jan Evert
> > >
> > >
> > >   -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > > *Van:* busybox-bounces at busybox.net [mailto:busybox-bounces at busybox.net]
> > > *Namens *Tosif Ahmed
> > > *Verzonden:* maandag 16 april 2007 13:39
> > > *Aan:* busybox at busybox.net
> > > *Onderwerp:* Getting stuck at the filesystem stage
> > >
> > >  I made a small statically linked bootable, busybox system, with linux
> > > kernel 2.6.20 and syslinux as the bootloader, then i used genromfs to
> > > create a filesystem image of the directories and everything i had done on
> > > the host system. But when i boot the system using qemu (its an emulator ),
> > > its getting stuck at loading fs.gz (compressed image of the filesystem
> > > generated by genromfs).
> > >
> > > I am sending a screen shot, along. Is there a problem with qemu or yhe
> > > system i compiled
> > >
> > > PS: i have no other option other than using an emulater.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Tosif,
> >
> > did it get stuck loading the file or starting the kernel?
> > Try adding 'debug' to the kernel options. If that displays nothing more,
> > I guess the loading fails. What disk is syslinux loading it from? I.e.
> > what is the boot disk you use with qemu?
> >
> > Also, I think syslinux 3.11 is somewhat old. Perhaps you can download a
> > newer one?
> >
> > -- Jan Evert
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> --
> Tosif Ahmed
> AIT, Pune




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Tosif Ahmed
AIT, Pune
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