You could try installing Red Hat 9 and see if that boots. That's basically what I did. I know it's not a solution, but it’s a good way of determining whether Fedora Core (or rather kernel 2.6.x+) is incompatible with your hardware configuration. If I find out any more info I'll let you know, but I went over this so many times and eventually lost the will to live and stayed with RH9. :( Daz > -----Original Message----- > From: Ned Voorhees [mailto:ned.voorhees@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 02 January 2005 12:07 > To: Darren Coleman > Cc: For users of Fedora Core releases; Dave Jones > Subject: Re: Boot hangs after fresh install > > Hi Darren, > Thanks for responding. I am still stuck on this one. Any suggestions > are welcome! > > The machine I'm using for this is very old. The configuration is as > follows: > IBM Aptiva Model # 2163-540 > PII 350MHz(512KB) > 128MB RAM > 10GB HDD IDE PCI/ISA > Microtwr(3X4) > Riva 4X DVD > > Thanks, > Ned > > On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 12:02:12 -0000, Darren Coleman <daz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm not sure if this will be any help to you really, I just thought I'd > > share my experiences. > > > > I too tried installing Fedora Core (2) on my "old" Linux PC, which is > pretty > > basic in terms of configuration - one hard drive, graphics card, Athlon > > 1.3Ghz Thunderbird processor, no sound card or other peripherals, 768Mb > of > > RAM. > > > > After I had installed Fedora in exactly the same way as you and > rebooted, > > the boot process hung at exactly the same point. I tried all kinds of > > kernel boot parameters to no avail. > > > > In the end, on a whim, I installed Red Hat 9 which worked flawlessly > first > > time. > > > > I upgraded the kernel on my Red Hat 9 installation to a recent version > of > > the 2.6 kernel, a process I have done countless times on other systems, > and > > when I booted the new kernel it got stuck at exactly the same position > as > > Fedora Core did. It wasn't kernel panic'ing or anything like that, it > > wasn't even getting to the first step. > > > > The only thing I could conclude was that there was some serious hardware > > incompatibility between my system and the 2.6.x kernel. From the sounds > of > > it you have the same problem. > > > > I would be interested to know what your hardware configuration is so I > can > > compare it against mine, as I would like to install and use Fedora > > successfully at some point. > > > > Regards, > > > > Darren > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list- > > > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ned Voorhees > > > Sent: 01 January 2005 20:16 > > > To: Dave Jones > > > Cc: For users of Fedora Core releases > > > Subject: Re: Boot hangs after fresh install > > > > > > Thanks very much Dave. > > > > > > I was able to remove the "quiet" as you suggested. The boot process > > > messages look good up until I see the message "Configuring kernel > > > parameters:" on a line by itself. That is the last message that I see > > > when it hangs. I can hit return and see line feeds at this point, but > > > nothing else seems to be going on (no hard drive activity, etc.). > > > > > > Any further thoughts or suggestions (Dave or anyone else)? > > > > > > Thanks for your help, > > > Ned > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 14:55:23 -0500, Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 02:50:42PM -0500, Ned Voorhees wrote: > > > > > Below are the messages shown on the screen at boot time: > > > > > --- snip --- > > > > > Booting 'Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667)' > > > > > root (hd0,0) > > > > > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > > > > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb > > > quiet > > > > > [Linux-bzImage, setup=0z1400, size=0x155da5] > > > > > initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img > > > > > [Linux-initrd@0x7ef3000, 0xecfed bytes] > > > > > --- snip --- > > > > > > > > > > The above is all that is shown on the screen when the boot process > > > > > hangs. If anyone has any suggestions on what I might want to do > or > > > > > check, I would very much appreciate it. > > > > > > > > When you get to the bootloader screen, if you press 'e' you > > > > can edit the command line, and remove 'quiet' from it. > > > > You'll then see all the kernel messages, and see exactly where > > > > it hangs. > > > > > > > > Dave (hating 'quiet' more and more each day) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > fedora-list mailing list > > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > -- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > > Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.7 - Release Date: 30/12/2004 > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.7 - Release Date: 30/12/2004 > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.7 - Release Date: 30/12/2004 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. 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