[yocto] Is it just me? Can't get 'Atom-PC' to boot.

[Ross Burton]

On Monday, 16 July 2012 at 21:25, Chris Tapp wrote:
> I've built the 'atom-pc' kernel as follows:
> 
> 1) git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky.git (http://git.yoctoproject.org/poky.git)
> 2) git checkout denzil
> 3) source poky/oe-init-build-env work-area
> 4) Edit local.conf so that threads/parallel make are both 16 and MACHINE is 'atom-pc'
> 8) bitbake virtual/kernel.
> 
> However, the kernel that gets produced fails to boot. All I get is a screen full of random characters and nothing comes out of the serial port (configured for kernel messages). I don't get any 'Loading...' or 'Uncompressing...' messages either. Using a kernel image from else where (e.g. Voyage Linux) works as expected.
> 
> What do I need to do differently to get the above to build a bootable image? I'm assuming that 'atom-pc' works for others?
How are you actually booting the kernel?  I frequently boot the generated hddimg when written to a USB stick on my Zotac box, but it's well known that PC hardware is a nightmare to boot reliably... 

Ross