On Monday 31 Jan 2005 06:18, solarflow 99 wrote: > >From: "Thomas Cameron" <thomas.cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: Re: core 3 hangs > >Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:31:32 -0600 > > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "solarflow 99" > > <solarflow99@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 9:05 PM > >Subject: core 3 hangs > > > >>I am having a problem booting core 3 on this 1 computer. It boots fine > >> up to the point where it says: > >> > >>Switching to a new root > >> > >>and, it just sits there. Does anyone have any ideas what could cause it > >>to hang there? low ram? I disabled selinux, and everthing else, > >> upgraded the kernel, but it still hangs. > >> > >>Thanks... > > > >A little more info is needed. What are the specs on your system (i.e. how > >much memory). Has it ever worked? If so, what changed recently? How did > >you upgrade the kernel if it just hangs? > > > >Please have a look at http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html, > >and then give us a little more to work with... > > ok, it is a working installation, if I pull the 20 GB drive into my > PIII-866 (where I installed it from) it boots up just fine. The computer > that it hangs with is an older PC, I was kind of embarassed to say the > specs, but there must be other people running FC3 on older hardware too. > it's a P-100 16MB ram, I changed the kernel to the newest i586 rpm, it > won't even boot up with i686 anyway. I have selinux disabled. I'm just > wondering what happens when linux displays "Switching to a new root" just > before the Init process starts. > > thanks for the reply > Simple answer ... it won't run .. or at least, it might boot up, eventually, but you'll be sitting there at the prompt for the next Century. Do us a favour and look at the minimum specs for FC3. -- Tony Dietrich ------------- Blackmail Error: Send $200 to Bill Gates or your computer will get so messed up it will never work again.
