On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 01:36:39PM -0500, mconsidine@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi, > I believe I've correctly searched the archives for this > answer, but found nothing. Hopefully, someone can point me > in the right direction ... > > I just finished a plain-vanilla install of Core 3. Upon the > first reboot, I get to the following point on the screen : > > Starting udev: [ OK ] > Initializing hardware ... storage network audio done [ OK ] > Configuring kernel parameters: > > and at this point it seems to be hung. Pressing > <Ctrl><SysRq> results in > /etc/init.d/functions: line 428: > /etc/rhgb/temp/rhgb-console: Interrupted system call > but it still seems hung. > > Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I need to > fix/reinstall to get this going? There were no errors > during the install, and the only message I note upon booting > is > ACPI: Unable to locate RSDP > > The machine is a Dell Dimension XPS D300 (PII 300Mhz) with > 128M RAM and one 8Gb harddisk. The install is a fresh > "desktop" install (i.e. nothing is being preserved on the > old drive and default choices are selected for installation > options). > > FWIW, I've had RH 9 running on this machine before as part > of a dual boot system, so the machine is actually capable of > working :) > > Any fixes that people have or that I could be pointed to > would be appreciated. And I really apologize if this is > covered somewhere and I've missed it. > > Regards, > Matt Considine > Doylestown, PA > I realize others don't agree with me but once again installing FC3 on a 300Mhz machine with 128M Ram and 8gb disk is an uphill battle I would not want to tackle. You don't say how much of the distribution you installed but rhgb would be iffy in this system and only a limited subset of the total distribution could be installed.- ======================================================================= Robustness, adj.: Never having to say you're sorry. ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
