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) > > > If you want to test your graphics, I/O, and memory try either a Knoppix or Ubuntu Linux distro. They both provide live CDs with 2.6.9 kernels.
