Boot hangs after fresh install

[Lin Tse Hsu]

--- Darren Coleman <daz at superficial.net> wrote:

> You could try installing Red Hat 9 and see if that
> boots.  That's basically
> what I did.
> 
> I know it's not a solution, but it’s a good way of
> determining whether
> Fedora Core (or rather kernel 2.6.x+) is
> incompatible with your hardware
> configuration.
> 
> If I find out any more info I'll let you know, but I
> went over this so many
> times and eventually lost the will to live and
> stayed with RH9. :(
> 
> Daz
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ned Voorhees [mailto:ned.voorhees at gmail.com]
> > Sent: 02 January 2005 12:07
> > To: Darren Coleman
> > Cc: For users of Fedora Core releases; Dave Jones
> > Subject: Re: Boot hangs after fresh install
> > 
> > Hi Darren,
> > Thanks for responding.  I am still stuck on this
> one.  Any suggestions
> > are welcome!
> > 
> > The machine I'm using for this is very old.  The
> configuration is as
> > follows:
> > IBM Aptiva Model # 2163-540
> > PII 350MHz(512KB)
> > 128MB RAM
> > 10GB HDD IDE PCI/ISA
> > Microtwr(3X4)
> > Riva 4X DVD
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Ned
> > 
> > On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 12:02:12 -0000, Darren Coleman
> <daz at superficial.net>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm not sure if this will be any help to you
> really, I just thought I'd
> > > share my experiences.
> > >
> > > I too tried installing Fedora Core (2) on my
> "old" Linux PC, which is
> > pretty
> > > basic in terms of configuration - one hard
> drive, graphics card, Athlon
> > > 1.3Ghz Thunderbird processor, no sound card or
> other peripherals, 768Mb
> > of
> > > RAM.
> > >
> > > After I had installed Fedora in exactly the same
> way as you and
> > rebooted,
> > > the boot process hung at exactly the same point.
>  I tried all kinds of
> > > kernel boot parameters to no avail.
> > >
> > > In the end, on a whim, I installed Red Hat 9
> which worked flawlessly
> > first
> > > time.
> > >
> > > I upgraded the kernel on my Red Hat 9
> installation to a recent version
> > of
> > > the 2.6 kernel, a process I have done countless
> times on other systems,
> > and
> > > when I booted the new kernel it got stuck at
> exactly the same position
> > as
> > > Fedora Core did.  It wasn't kernel panic'ing or
> anything like that, it
> > > wasn't even getting to the first step.
> > >
> > > The only thing I could conclude was that there
> was some serious hardware
> > > incompatibility between my system and the 2.6.x
> kernel.  From the sounds
> > of
> > > it you have the same problem.
> > >
> > > I would be interested to know what your hardware
> configuration is so I
> > can
> > > compare it against mine, as I would like to
> install and use Fedora
> > > successfully at some point.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Darren
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-list-
> > > > bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Ned Voorhees
> > > > Sent: 01 January 2005 20:16
> > > > To: Dave Jones
> > > > Cc: For users of Fedora Core releases
> > > > Subject: Re: Boot hangs after fresh install
> > > >
> > > > 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 14:55:23 -0500, Dave Jones
> <davej at redhat.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > > On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 02:50:42PM -0500,
> Ned Voorhees wrote:
> > > > > > Below are the messages shown on the screen
> at boot time:
> > > > > > --- snip ---
> > > > > > Booting 'Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667)'
> > > > > > root (hd0,0)
> > > > > > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type
> 0x83
> > > > > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro
> root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb
> > > > quiet
> > > > > >   [Linux-bzImage, setup=0z1400,
> size=0x155da5]
> > > > > > initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
> > > > > >   [Linux-initrd at 0x7ef3000, 0xecfed bytes]
> > > > > > --- snip ---
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The above is all that is shown on the
> screen when the boot process
> > > > > > hangs.  If anyone has any suggestions on
> what I might want to do
> > or
> > > > > > check, I would very much appreciate it.
> > > > >
> > > > > When you get to the bootloader screen, if
> you press 'e' you
> > > > > can edit the command line, and remove
> 'quiet' from it.
> > > > > You'll then see all the kernel messages, and
> see exactly where
> > > > > it hangs.
> > > > >
> > > > >                Dave (hating 'quiet' more and
> more each day)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
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I have found that if the boot process hangs at the
"quota" line, it is Xorg that is failing.  Get a card
that is known to work and configures easily, boot in
rescue mode, and Xorg -configure.  If the resulting
xorg.conf gets you past the line, you have found the
problem.



		
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