Fedora Core 2 boot problems

[Bob Chiodini]

On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 11:07, Darren Coleman wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-
> > bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Alexander Dalloz
> > Sent: 05 October 2004 15:58
> > To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> > Subject: Re: Fedora Core 2 boot problems
> > 
> > Am Di, den 05.10.2004 schrieb Darren Coleman um 16:28:
> > 
> > > > > Booting 'Fedora Core (2.6.5-1.358)'
> > > > >
> > > > > root (hd0,0)
> > > > >  Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
> > > > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358 ro root=/dev/hda2
> > > > >    [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1400, size=0x1235b7]
> > > > > initrd /initrd-2.6.5-1.358.img
> > > > >    [Linux-initrd @ 0x2ffb2000, 0x2d9b1 bytes]
> > > > >
> > > > > ..and that's it.
> > > > >
> > > > > No "Uncompressing the kernel".. nothing.. just a flashing cursor.
> > 
> > > Tried both "single" and "3" - neither did any good I'm afraid.  Same
> > result,
> > > just a flashing cursor.
> > 
> > > Daz
> > 
> > To be sure, when you edited the kernel parameters line from the grub
> > boot prompt, you did erase the "quite" instruction? If not please do
> > that. Best would be to erase "rhgb quiet" completely and exchange it by
> > a "3" (all without quotes). The quiet instruction suppresses lots of
> > information normally printed out on the console.
> > 
> > Alexander
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13
> > Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) kernel 2.6.8-1.521smp
> > Serendipity 16:55:11 up 5 days, 19:21, load average: 0.45, 0.47, 0.26
> 
> Hi Alexander,
> 
> There was no "quiet" option shown that I saw.  I will check again and report
> progress, however my current perception (based on the fact I've just
> installed RH9 on the machine without any issues) is that there is a hardware
> compatibility problem at fault. :(
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Darren

Darren,

I think Alexander meant 'quiet' that suppresses the messages to the
console. You can backspace over it after hitting 'a' at the grub menu. 
Might as well backspace over the 'rhgb' option too.

Also, (a long shot) try the apm=off and/or acpi=off kernel parameters.

Bob...
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