Install hang question ...

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 01:36:39PM -0500, mconsidine at netreach.net wrote:
> Hi,
> I believe I've correctly searched the archives for this
> answer, but found nothing.  Hopefully, someone can point me
> in the right direction ...
> 
> I just finished a plain-vanilla install of Core 3.  Upon the
> first reboot, I get to the following point on the screen :
> 
> Starting udev: [ OK ]
> Initializing hardware ... storage network audio done [ OK ]
> Configuring kernel parameters:
> 
> and at this point it seems to be hung.  Pressing
> <Ctrl><SysRq> results in
>   /etc/init.d/functions: line 428:
> /etc/rhgb/temp/rhgb-console: Interrupted system call
> but it still seems hung.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I need to
> fix/reinstall to get this going?  There were no errors
> during the install, and the only message I note upon booting
> is
> ACPI: Unable to locate RSDP
> 
> The machine is a Dell Dimension XPS D300 (PII 300Mhz) with
> 128M RAM and one 8Gb harddisk.  The install is a fresh
> "desktop" install (i.e. nothing is being preserved on the
> old drive and default choices are selected for installation
> options).
> 
> FWIW, I've had RH 9 running on this machine before as part
> of a dual boot system, so the machine is actually capable of
> working :)
> 
> Any fixes that people have or that I could be pointed to
> would be appreciated.  And I really apologize if this is
> covered somewhere and I've missed it.
> 
> Regards,
> Matt Considine
> Doylestown, PA
> 

I realize others don't agree with me but once again installing FC3 on
a 300Mhz machine with 128M Ram and 8gb disk is an uphill battle I
would not want to tackle. You don't say how much of the distribution
you installed but rhgb would be iffy in this system and only a limited
subset of the total distribution could be installed.- 

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