Raspberry Pi 2 stops booting after the message “Starting Kernel” [closed]

Question

This is what I have done till now:

1. Flashed a sd card with arch linux image for my raspberry pi 2. I have followed instructions as mentioned here.
2. So far so good, my raspberry pi 2 boots properly with this image.
3. Then, I wanted to install a custom kernel and hence I have downloaded the kernel (kernel version 4.4.31;this is the version used in the above mentioned arch image) from kernel.org
4. I followed instructions as mentioned here to compile the kernel.
5. Once I install the compiled kernel, raspberry pi 2 is not booting. U-boot starts and it starts the kernel with message "Starting Kernel..."and nothing comes after that.....

I have tried all possible things that I can think of but still it is not working.. Can anyone please suggest me what could be the mistake?

Answer 1

I think your kernel is crashed or boot cannot find where the kernel locates but it is too broad to say why it is stopped until actually have a look at it carefully with many possibilities.

If you haven't modified kernel, then it may have a problem with partition or SD card itself.

If you are just aiming to boot OS, I suggest you simply use "NOOBS" to boot what Raspberry supports

Below is my booting log and I don't think your kernel didn't actually started.

[  OK  ] Found device /dev/mmcblk0p6.
         Starting File System Check on /dev/mmcblk0p6...
[  OK  ] Started Load/Save Random Seed.
[    5.884576] systemd-fsck[248]: fsck.fat 3.0.27 (2014-11-12)
[    5.886372] systemd-fsck[248]: /dev/mmcblk0p6: 121 files, 10342/32183 clusters
[  OK  ] Started File System Check on /dev/mmcblk0p6.
         Mounting /boot...
[  OK  ] Created slice system-systemd\x2drfkill.slice.
         Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status of rfkill0...
[  OK  ] Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen.
[  OK  ] Reached target Paths.
[  OK  ] Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status of rfkill0.
[  OK  ] Created slice system-ifup.slice.
[  OK  ] Mounted /boot.
[  OK  ] Reached target Local File Systems.
         Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories...
         Starting Tell Plymouth To Write Out Runtime Data...
         Starting LSB: Raise network interfaces....
[  OK  ] Reached target Remote File Systems.
         Starting Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage...
         Starting LSB: Switch to ondemand cpu governor (unless shift key is pressed)...
         Starting LSB: Prepare console...
[  OK  ] Started Tell Plymouth To Write Out Runtime Data.
[  OK  ] Started Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage.
[  OK  ] Started Create Volatile Files and Directories.
         Starting Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown...
[  OK  ] Started LSB: Prepare console.
[  OK  ] Started Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown.
         Starting LSB: Set console font and keymap...
[  OK  ] Started LSB: Raise network interfaces..
         Starting ifup for wlan0...
[  OK  ] Started ifup for wlan0.
[  OK  ] Started LSB: Set console font and keymap.
[  OK  ] Started LSB: Switch to ondemand cpu governor (unless shift key is pressed).
[  OK  ] Reached target System Initialization.
[  OK  ] Listening on Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack Activation Socket.
[  OK  ] Listening on D-Bus System Message Bus Socket.
[  OK  ] Reached target Sockets.
[  OK  ] Reached target Timers.
         Starting Restore Sound Card State...
[  OK  ] Reached target Basic System.
         Starting Modem Manager...
         Starting Regular background program processing daemon...
[  OK  ] Started Regular background program processing daemon.
         Starting dhcpcd on all interfaces...
         Starting An object/document-oriented database...
[  OK  ] Started An object/document-oriented database.
         Starting Configure Bluetooth Modems connected by UART...
         Starting Enable support for additional executable binary formats...
         Starting Login Service...
         Starting LSB: Starts and stops Wicd...
         Starting LSB: triggerhappy hotkey daemon...
         Starting LSB: The X Display Manager...
         Starting LSB: Autogenerate and use a swap file...
         Starting Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack...
         Starting D-Bus System Message Bus...
[  OK  ] Started D-Bus System Message Bus.
[  OK  ] Started Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack.
         Starting System Logging Service...
[  OK  ] Started Restore Sound Card State.
[  OK  ] Started dhcpcd on all interfaces.
[  OK  ] Started LSB: triggerhappy hotkey daemon.
[  OK  ] Started LSB: The X Display Manager.
[  OK  ] Started LSB: Autogenerate and use a swap file.
[  OK  ] Started Login Service.
         Starting Authenticate and Authorize Users to Run Privileged Tasks...
         Mounting Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System...
[  OK  ] Reached target Network.
         Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server...
[  OK  ] Started OpenBSD Secure Shell server.
         Starting /etc/rc.local Compatibility...
[  OK  ] Reached target Network is Online.
         Starting LSB: Start NTP daemon...
         Starting LSB: Start xrdp and sesman daemons...
         Starting LSB: start Samba NetBIOS nameserver (nmbd)...
         Starting Permit User Sessions...
[  OK  ] Mounted Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System.
[  OK  ] Started System Logging Service.
My IP address is 172.30.1.32
[  OK  ] Started /etc/rc.local Compatibility.
[  OK  ] Started Permit User Sessions.
         Starting Light Display Manager...
         Starting Hold until boot process finishes up...
         Starting Terminate Plymouth Boot Screen...