On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 05:54:29PM -0700, patrick wrote: > I'm trying to get FC4 running on this little box I have, and it gets as far > as: > > unmounting old /proc > unmounting old /sys > > and then it just stops. The computer still lets me type things in, so > I know it's still alive, but it never gets to the next step where it > should say: > > INIT: version 2.85 booting > > When I take the hard drive out and put it in another computer, it works > fine. > > I'm wondering if anyone can think of a reason why it would get stuck > at this point instead of going onto INIT? Or better yet, how could I > start debugging why it's getting stuck? I suspect it is not finding the root partition, /. Are the BIOSes on both machines using the same geometries, preferably LBA? And is the drive set up to use the same geometry? -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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