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untitaker

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Registered: 2011-11-07

Posts: 18

Freeze while loading kernel image

It occurs totally randomly, independent from kernel or bootloader, long holding the power button and retrying works:

Loading initramfs-netbook.img .... ready.

And then it just stays there, cursor still blinking, but except that, nothing happens. I was going to assume that this is a hardware failure...?

hadrons123

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From: chennai

Registered: 2011-10-07

Posts: 1,249

Re: Freeze while loading kernel image

looks like a grub error. what other OS you have in your netbook?

untitaker

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Registered: 2011-11-07

Posts: 18

Re: Freeze while loading kernel image

I am not using GRUB anymore, though with it the same problems occured - i am using syslinux

No other OS on my PC, though i have different kernels for arch in the syslinux.cfg

milomouse

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Registered: 2009-03-24

Posts: 940

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Re: Freeze while loading kernel image

I have the same problem with my built 3.1.2 linux kernel. It will say something along the lines of

Loading initramfs-linux-halcyon.img .... ready.
Decompressing...   ..
(...[?]) ok.

Booting the kernel.

And that's it. Blinking cursor that does nothing.

I use syslinux too, but perhaps it's a framebuffer problem?  I really don't know.  Here's my kernel config: http://pastebin.com/CvY3FvDq  I have everything I need and it's basically the same options I used in my last custom config but this time with more modules left in it for future compatibility stuff so I don't think it's my config per-sey but who knows.