From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2-2 i586) When I compile kernels, and use make bzdisk, they hang after the message "OK, booting the kernel..." is emitted. This happens even compiling a stock kernel. Saw references to this problem across distributions in Usenet (via Google; query: "7.1 bzdisk"), not just a RedHat prob. Someone suggested using mkbootdisk to make kernels on floppies instead, and said he had resolved the problem that way. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.2 2.make mrproper 3.make xconfig (no changes) 4.make dep 5.make clean 6.make bzdisk Actual Results: compile completes normally. When I reboot using the kernel on the floppy, it hangs after saying "OK, booting the kernel..." Expected Results: Duh...
assigning to kernel.
What config file did you use? You have to pick on from the configs/ directory! Doing a "cp configs/<file of your choice> .config" or load on in xconfig/menuconfig is the way to go. We cannot make that the default as there are a LOT of different configs we ship, and there is no way for us to know which one you want. The hang most likely comes from the fact that you compiled for a PentiumIII while you don't have one.
I used the default .config file in /usr/src/linux-2.4.2. Didn't notice the /configs dir, or realise I had other choices. You might want to make that plainer in the docs for us mortals, I didn't see any mention of it in the regular Linux guides. Thanks for your help.