Hi, On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:31:02 -0500, Gang Qin <gangqin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I installed FC3 with root filesystem and swap partition not inside the > "Linux LVM", that is, /dev/hda1 as /boot, /dev/hda2 as /, and > /dev/hda3 as swap partition. But after I installed the original kernel > linux-2.6.9 and configured the grub.conf with > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9 ro root=/dev/hda2 rhgb quiet The kernel on my FC3 system is vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667. Did you change the name? By original kernel, do you mean the default one in FC3? Perhaps it might help to see your entire grub entry. I assume you have "root (hd0,0)" on the line above? > the booting always hangs after "uncompress linux, successful" > > Could anybody please help me? Thank you. > > Gang Jonathan