[orbit-user] kernel installation issues

[Mohamed Imran K R]

Hi
    i have been trying to use orbit to test an open source 
implementation of 802.11s (www.open11s.org). its a git repo.
I got it into the sandbox node 1-1 and used the .config files in the 
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-3-686/.config and i also manually checked 
for the orbit essentials like serial drivers and i also enabled the 
Marvell Yukon chipset driver also. /
make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image

i got the kernel and it is linux-image-2.6.24_custom.1.0_i386.deb

installed using dpkg -i //linux-image-2.6.24_custom.1.0_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.24.
(Reading database ... 42922 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.24 (from 
linux-image-2.6.24_custom.1.0_i386.deb) ...
Done.
Setting up linux-image-2.6.24 (custom.1.0) ...
Running depmod.
Running postinst hook script update-grub.
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-3-686
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done


node1-2:/boot# ls
config-2.6.22-3-686  grub                     
initrd.img-2.6.22-3-686.bak  System.map-2.6.24     vmlinuz-2.6.24
config-2.6.24        initrd.img-2.6.22-3-686  
System.map-2.6.22-3-686      vmlinuz-2.6.22-3-686
node1-2:/boot#         

and my /boot/grub/menu.lst entry confirms this

## ## End Default Options ##

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.24
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24 root=/dev/hda1 ro console=ttyS0,9600n8
savedefault

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.24 (single-user mode)
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24 root=/dev/hda1 ro 
console=ttyS0,9600n8 single
savedefault

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.22-3-686
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-3-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro 
console=ttyS0,9600n8
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-3-686
savedefault

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.22-3-686 (single-user mode)
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-3-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro 
console=ttyS0,9600n8 single
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-3-686
savedefault

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST


and then i try to do shutdown -r now all the while watching on the 
telnet prompt and i can see so many basic checks and then Yukon pxe 
stuff and then the grub but then it hangs with the message

Booting 'Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.24'

root  (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
kernel  /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24 root=/dev/hda1 ro console=ttyS0,9600n8
  [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x2a00, size=0x14fad8]
savedefault

pls lemme know if i am missing something or point me to how i can 
correct things from my side...

Cheers
Mohamed Imran K R
Project Engineer
AU-KBC Research Centre
Chennai, India