> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrey Andreev > Sent: 05 October 2004 15:29 > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: Fedora Core 2 boot problems / [Question] boot without initrd? > > Darren Coleman wrote: > [snip] > > Whenever I attempt to boot the system, it loads the GRUB loader and > gives me > > the option to select the kernel I want to boot (obviously only one > > available), then shows the following: > > > > Booting 'Fedora Core (2.6.5-1.358)' > > > > root (hd0,0) > > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358 ro root=/dev/hda2 > > [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1400, size=0x1235b7] > > initrd /initrd-2.6.5-1.358.img > > [Linux-initrd @ 0x2ffb2000, 0x2d9b1 bytes] > > > > ..and that's it. > > > > No "Uncompressing the kernel".. nothing.. just a flashing cursor. > [snip] > > Now, I'm not really very knowledgeable about the boot process, but I was > wondering if booting without an initrd would make sense here. It looks > to me like some module in the initrd dies, and maybe OP's kernel would > be "big" enough to handle it with what's compiled in. Would someone more > enlightened please tell me if I make any sense? :) > > //Andro > > -- > Andrey Andreev > University of Helsinki > Dept. of Computer Science > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Hi Andro, I have tried editing the grub.conf to remove the initrd (using the Rescue Disk with the system mounted on /mnt/sysimage) but this did not alter anything - the boot process did not get any further. Daz
