FC2 Kernel 2.6.7-1.494.2.2 hanging during boot process

[Clifford Snow]

On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 14:16, Clive Long wrote:
> I tried the suggestion of running command rpm -e
> kernel-ntfs
> 
> 1. None of the kernels listed in grub2 (2.4.x or
> 2.6.x) would boot. All kernel boots hang at
> "Initialising swap space". So I can't get the system
> to the state to run the rpm command.
> 
> 2. I tried booting from the Fedora Core 2 CD-Rom into
> "rescue" mode. This successfully brought up linux
> command line
> 
> I then ran : "rpm -e kernel-ntfs" while in rescue mode
> 
> and all I get as response is:
> 
> Error: Package kernel-ntfs is not installed
> 
> 
> So even if ntfs is the problem, I can't remove it from
> linux. I also can't boot any of the kernels to attempt
> to remove ntfs
> 
>   So I can't recover linux currently

Did you install the ntfs module?  What kind of hard drives are you
using, SATA? You might want to give more information on your
configuration. 

-- 
Clifford Snow
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