Boot hangs after fresh install

[Jack Spaar]

On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 15:15:52 -0500, Ned Voorhees wrote:

> Thanks very much Dave.  
> 
> I was able to remove the "quiet" as you suggested.  The boot process
> messages look good up until I see the message "Configuring kernel
> parameters:" on a line by itself.  That is the last message that I see
> when it hangs.  I can hit return and see line feeds at this point, but
> nothing else seems to be going on (no hard drive activity, etc.).
> 
> Any further thoughts or suggestions (Dave or anyone else)?
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> Ned

I had this same problem on two separate upgrades from FC2.  I fiddled
around and the problem resolved itself on the next boot or two.

I think I hit ctl-C or DEL at the stuck point.  The boot then continued
with many failure messages.  Then I shut down and rebooted, and everything
was ok.

I seem to remember on one machine I told grub to boot single-user, and it
came up cleanly.  Then it was able to reboot multi-user without a hitch.

Sorry I know this isn't a great solution.  Just another data point.

--Jack