> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.1 root=100 init=/linuxrc rootfstype=minix This looks right; I would suggest trying adding 'console=tty1' (see Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt) just to make your using the VGA console explicit rather than implied. You should be seeing all the kernel boot-time messages scroll by, unless you have some redirection like bootsplash going on; if not, I would think you are missing some console option - consider posting your video hardware, the output of 'grep CONSOLE .config', and 'grep _FB_ .config'. At this point, it would also be fruitful to tell us if you're using the vanilla kernel.org sources, a patched set from Ubuntu, or otherwise (I use Gentoo's hardened-sources, myself). If you know where your boot-time kernel messages are going and are okay with that, then my next suspect would be the actual init process - i.e., it's starting, but freezing at some point. That, I'm not sure I can help you with. RB - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
