Re: [uml-user] uml hangs on boot, sometimes

[Jeff D. <jd...@ad...>]

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 01:07:24PM +0200, Christoph Rudorff wrote:
> I'm using sucessfully several uml's for 2 years now.
> 
> I recently upgraded kernels from linux.2.6.11.10-bs5 to linux-2.6.17.7 and 
> 2.6.17.7-hmd1.smp.p4_skas3_v9_pre9 for the host machine (hmd = homemade).
> 
> I have randomly the problem, that the uml machines hangs on boot at
> "VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly."
> 
> TLS probs? No. I removed /lib/tls I double checked if /dev is complete. If I 
> kill the uml and simply retry 2 or 3 times, it boots fine. But they usually 
> do not survive a reboot (sometimes they do). They segfault or hang at "mount 
> root". 

2.6.17 has TLS support, so that won't be the problem.

Do you have CONFIG_MODE_TT enabled?  If so, disable it.

				Jeff