I saw a link in one of the emails here in the list, and I went to it: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_kernel_problems There I saw how to take an initrd apart: and I did that comparing the one from the compiled kernel and the one from fedora, this is what I encountered. [root@asus-amd64-athlon initrd-fedora]# cat init #!/bin/nash mount -t proc /proc /proc setquiet echo Mounting proc filesystem echo Mounting sysfs filesystem mount -t sysfs /sys /sys echo Creating /dev mount -o mode=0755 -t tmpfs /dev /dev mkdir /dev/pts mount -t devpts -o gid=5,mode=620 /dev/pts /dev/pts mkdir /dev/shm mkdir /dev/mapper echo Creating initial device nodes mknod /dev/null c 1 3 mknod /dev/zero c 1 5 mknod /dev/systty c 4 0 mknod /dev/tty c 5 0 mknod /dev/console c 5 1 mknod /dev/ptmx c 5 2 mknod /dev/fb c 29 0 mknod /dev/tty0 c 4 0 mknod /dev/tty1 c 4 1 mknod /dev/tty2 c 4 2 mknod /dev/tty3 c 4 3 mknod /dev/tty4 c 4 4 mknod /dev/tty5 c 4 5 mknod /dev/tty6 c 4 6 mknod /dev/tty7 c 4 7 mknod /dev/tty8 c 4 8 mknod /dev/tty9 c 4 9 mknod /dev/tty10 c 4 10 mknod /dev/tty11 c 4 11 mknod /dev/tty12 c 4 12 mknod /dev/ttyS0 c 4 64 mknod /dev/ttyS1 c 4 65 mknod /dev/ttyS2 c 4 66 mknod /dev/ttyS3 c 4 67 /lib/udev/console_init tty0 daemonize --ignore-missing /bin/plymouthd echo "Loading i2c-core module" modprobe -q i2c-core echo "Loading i2c-algo-bit module" modprobe -q i2c-algo-bit echo "Loading drm module" modprobe -q drm echo "Loading radeon module" modprobe -q radeon plymouth --show-splash echo Setting up hotplug. hotplug echo Creating block device nodes. mkblkdevs echo Creating character device nodes. mkchardevs echo "Loading ext4 module" modprobe -q ext4 mkblkdevs resume UUID=3614ad19-a53b-4437-8224-196219974bd4 echo Creating root device. mkrootdev -t ext4 -o defaults,ro UUID=9cf243c8-60fc-4aae-ac3a-4c44a33de177 echo Mounting root filesystem. mount /sysroot cond -ne 0 plymouth --hide-splash echo Setting up other filesystems. setuproot loadpolicy plymouth --newroot=/sysroot echo Switching to new root and running init. switchroot echo Booting has failed. sleep -1 [root@asus-amd64-athlon initrd-fedora]# ls bin dev etc init lib lib64 proc sbin sys sysroot usr [root@asus-amd64-athlon initrd-fedora]# cat init #!/bin/nash mount -t proc /proc /proc setquiet echo Mounting proc filesystem echo Mounting sysfs filesystem mount -t sysfs /sys /sys echo Creating /dev mount -o mode=0755 -t tmpfs /dev /dev mkdir /dev/pts mount -t devpts -o gid=5,mode=620 /dev/pts /dev/pts mkdir /dev/shm mkdir /dev/mapper echo Creating initial device nodes mknod /dev/null c 1 3 mknod /dev/zero c 1 5 mknod /dev/systty c 4 0 mknod /dev/tty c 5 0 mknod /dev/console c 5 1 mknod /dev/ptmx c 5 2 mknod /dev/fb c 29 0 mknod /dev/tty0 c 4 0 mknod /dev/tty1 c 4 1 mknod /dev/tty2 c 4 2 mknod /dev/tty3 c 4 3 mknod /dev/tty4 c 4 4 mknod /dev/tty5 c 4 5 mknod /dev/tty6 c 4 6 mknod /dev/tty7 c 4 7 mknod /dev/tty8 c 4 8 mknod /dev/tty9 c 4 9 mknod /dev/tty10 c 4 10 mknod /dev/tty11 c 4 11 mknod /dev/tty12 c 4 12 mknod /dev/ttyS0 c 4 64 mknod /dev/ttyS1 c 4 65 mknod /dev/ttyS2 c 4 66 mknod /dev/ttyS3 c 4 67 /lib/udev/console_init tty0 daemonize --ignore-missing /bin/plymouthd echo "Loading i2c-core module" modprobe -q i2c-core echo "Loading i2c-algo-bit module" modprobe -q i2c-algo-bit echo "Loading drm module" modprobe -q drm echo "Loading radeon module" modprobe -q radeon plymouth --show-splash echo Setting up hotplug. hotplug echo Creating block device nodes. mkblkdevs echo Creating character device nodes. mkchardevs echo "Loading ext4 module" modprobe -q ext4 mkblkdevs resume UUID=3614ad19-a53b-4437-8224-196219974bd4 echo Creating root device. mkrootdev -t ext4 -o defaults,ro UUID=9cf243c8-60fc-4aae-ac3a-4c44a33de177 echo Mounting root filesystem. mount /sysroot cond -ne 0 plymouth --hide-splash echo Setting up other filesystems. setuproot loadpolicy plymouth --newroot=/sysroot echo Switching to new root and running init. switchroot echo Booting has failed. sleep -1 [root@asus-amd64-athlon initrd-fedora]# cd .. [root@asus-amd64-athlon Download]# cd initrd [root@asus-amd64-athlon initrd]# cat init #!/bin/nash mount -t proc /proc /proc setquiet echo Mounting proc filesystem echo Mounting sysfs filesystem mount -t sysfs /sys /sys echo Creating /dev mount -o mode=0755 -t tmpfs /dev /dev mkdir /dev/pts mount -t devpts -o gid=5,mode=620 /dev/pts /dev/pts mkdir /dev/shm mkdir /dev/mapper echo Creating initial device nodes mknod /dev/null c 1 3 mknod /dev/zero c 1 5 mknod /dev/systty c 4 0 mknod /dev/tty c 5 0 mknod /dev/console c 5 1 mknod /dev/ptmx c 5 2 mknod /dev/fb c 29 0 mknod /dev/tty0 c 4 0 mknod /dev/tty1 c 4 1 mknod /dev/tty2 c 4 2 mknod /dev/tty3 c 4 3 mknod /dev/tty4 c 4 4 mknod /dev/tty5 c 4 5 mknod /dev/tty6 c 4 6 mknod /dev/tty7 c 4 7 mknod /dev/tty8 c 4 8 mknod /dev/tty9 c 4 9 mknod /dev/tty10 c 4 10 mknod /dev/tty11 c 4 11 mknod /dev/tty12 c 4 12 mknod /dev/ttyS0 c 4 64 mknod /dev/ttyS1 c 4 65 mknod /dev/ttyS2 c 4 66 mknod /dev/ttyS3 c 4 67 /lib/udev/console_init tty0 daemonize --ignore-missing /bin/plymouthd plymouth --show-splash echo Setting up hotplug. hotplug echo Creating block device nodes. mkblkdevs echo Creating character device nodes. mkchardevs mkblkdevs resume UUID=3614ad19-a53b-4437-8224-196219974bd4 echo Creating root device. mkrootdev -t ext4 -o defaults,ro UUID=9cf243c8-60fc-4aae-ac3a-4c44a33de177 echo Mounting root filesystem. mount /sysroot cond -ne 0 plymouth --hide-splash echo Setting up other filesystems. setuproot loadpolicy plymouth --newroot=/sysroot echo Switching to new root and running init. switchroot echo Booting has failed. sleep -1 [root@asus-amd64-athlon initrd]# cd .. [root@asus-amd64-athlon Download]# diff initrd/init initrd-fedora/init 40a41,48 > echo "Loading i2c-core module" > modprobe -q i2c-core > echo "Loading i2c-algo-bit module" > modprobe -q i2c-algo-bit > echo "Loading drm module" > modprobe -q drm > echo "Loading radeon module" > modprobe -q radeon 47a56,57 > echo "Loading ext4 module" > modprobe -q ext4 [root@asus-amd64-athlon Download]# As I was going to click send on this message, machine froze again :( Good thing yahoo saved it as a draft and now I can send. Question now becomes how can I fix the initrd so that the new kernel can at least boot, and then determine if it or if it will not freeze the machine. I appreciate your input. Regards, Antonio -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
