Fresh FC1 installation (tried 2 times).. first boot.. hangs at 'firstboot' :(

[Joerg Battermann]

nope.. no raid :(

but a mobo with a raid controller onboard....

--On Saturday, January 10, 2004 8:31 AM -0800 Globe Trotter 
<itsme_410 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I had this problem, but that is because I had RAID set up and grub hangs
> on firstboot. Do you have RAID on your system? In that case, I can tell
> you what I did.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --- Joerg Battermann <jb at justbe.com> wrote:
>> hey there :)
>>
>>
>> i've got a more or less big problem with my fc1 installation. I
>> installed  it using the official isos (3cds) and the dvd image from
>> <http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/>, just to make sure my images weren't
>> corrupt. the problem is, I can install everything just fine without
>> problems, but when trying to boot the system up, it always hangs at the
>> 'starting firstboot' .. completely... can't switch to another console..
>> can't reboot etc...
>>
>> I then tried accessing the ext3fs partitions to check the boot/dmesg etc
>> logs.. but they show no error-messages or whatsoever at all :(
>>
>> any ideas what I could do? my system is a 3ghz intel p4.. so i also
>> tried  booting up using the non-smp kernel.. no change :\
>>
>>
>> sincerely,
>> -Joerg Battermann
>> http://www.justBE.com
>>
>>
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sincerely,
-Joerg Battermann
http://www.justBE.com