[parisc-linux] Kernel building

Matthew Wilcox willy@debian.org
Mon, 27 Aug 2001 20:37:20 +0100


On Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 07:55:46AM -0800, Tom wrote:
> I then changed to '2/vmlinux-2.4.9' (partition 2 is /boot once mounted),
> ran palo (no errors, identified 2/vmlinux-2.4.9 as the new kernel),
> rebooted - and I get the error that the system can't grok the kernel
> executable format and then a 'failed to boot' message.

You're probably trying to boot a lifimage (which is what `make palo' produces).
palo will only boot a raw kernel -- ie the vmlinux.

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