SMP Kernel::Boot Failure-hang at "booting the kernel"

Tue Nov 11 20:28:21 UTC 2003

Okay, My test config is a little different, the lspci out is identical
with the exception of the last two lines:

02:0a.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 80960RP [i960 RP Microprocessor/Bridge]
(rev 05)
02:0a.1 I2O: Intel Corp. 80960RP [i960RP Microprocessor] (rev 05)

Trying a fresh install of Fedora Core 1 succeeded with one slight
problem probing the videocard/keyboard/mouse setup and launching the X
install. Reboot and the problem went away. (Had the same problem on the
Precision 610 that I'm struggling with)

Auto detection of the aic7xxx and the megaraid module went off without a
hitch. And the SMP kernel is running with no issues.

I'll run a more complete test tomorrow as I don't have the install media
for RH 7.3 or RH 9 with me right now. (and no way to burn them)

This is definitely an issue for me as well. I have several Dell PE
4300's that need to be upgraded from 7.3 to something that will be
supportable in the near future. This thread and consequent research will
hopefully help me avoid some headaches.

j-

On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 09:56, Alex F. Evonosky wrote:

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> I have a 440GX box as well, but I cannot even install RH9 much less
> FC1 on it, states "no hard drives found" after it loads the aic7xxx
> and megaraid modules.  RH7.3 and previous version work great and this
> is a production server, so the raid V works excellent.  I have yet had
> a response in over 1.5 years asking how to get off of RH7.3 and move
> on to RH9, so I thought FC1 fixed the 440GX issue, but it did not, as
> I tried to install it.  Opened a bug report a while back on bugzilla,
> yet no reply.  I'm just eagerly awaiting to move on to FC, but stuck.
> 
> my lspci:
> 
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440GX - 82443GX Host bridge
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440GX - 82443GX AGP bridge
> 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21152 (rev 03)
> 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
> 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
> 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
> 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
> 00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100]
> (rev 05)
> 00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang]
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro
> AGP 1X (rev 5c)
> 02:04.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-2940U2/U2W / 7890/7891
> 02:06.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7860 (rev 03)
> 02:0a.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 80960RP [i960 RP
> Microprocessor/Bridge] (rev 03)
> 02:0a.1 I2O: Intel Corp. 80960RP [i960RP Microprocessor] (rev 03)
> 
> 
> ~Alex
> 
> 
> Joseph M Bironas wrote:
> 
> > Sorry to hear it, but it's nice to know it's an error that has been
> > duplicated.
> >
> > The only thing strange about my system that I haven't mentioned so
> > far is that the boot partition (/boot) is on a standard partition on
> > /dev/sda1, while the root partition (/) is on a logical volume
> > (/dev/Volume00/LogVol00) that is shared between the remainder of
> > /dev/sda and /dev/sdb.
> >
> > I would think that if this situation were an impossibility, that
> > neither the SMP or the non-SMP kernel would boot.
> >
> > I have a vary similar config as you, lspci output follows:
> >
> > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440GX - 82443GX Host bridge
> > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440GX - 82443GX AGP bridge
> > 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
> > 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
> > 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
> > 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
> > 00:11.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX
> > [Cyclone] (rev 24)
> > 00:13.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21152 (rev 03)
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5 [RIVA
> > TNT2/TNT2 Pro] (rev 11)
> > 02:0a.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-2940U2/U2W / 7890/7891/7890
> > 02:0e.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7880U (rev 01)
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