FC5 update to kernel 2187 hangs at bootime

[George Pappas]

Hey John,

I thought i read somewhere that this latest kernel could be missing some 
sata_* modules thus not been able to boot, I had googled for hours and 
cant remember if this is correct...if I find a fix i'll post to this list.



john bray wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-10-05 at 16:27 +1000, George Pappas wrote:
>   
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have had some troubles with FC5 on an intel board using the radeon 
>> xpress 200 chipset, after searching forums i was informed that a bug was 
>> introduced just before the official release regarding the kernel not 
>> loading non-GPL modules which the nvidia.ko is a part of ... so I did 
>> then install in text mode .... booted the OS changed xorg.conf to run 
>> the "vesa" driver and all was sweet!!
>>
>> My real problem is that I decided to update the kernel from 
>> 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 to 2.6.17.1.2187 ... i am not able to boot into this 
>> kernel it hangs when it attempting to start the services... i am 
>> assuming that another module is not been loaded and thus hanging.  My 
>> system specs are;
>>
>>   Intel Pentium D Dual Core 805 2.667Ghz 533FSB 2x1Mb cache LGA775 CPU,
>>   512Mb DDR2 533Mhz memory,
>>   Intel D102GGC2L motherboard,
>>   Intel High Definition Audio,
>>   High Performance 80Gb SATA II 7200 8Mb cache HDD with NCQ,
>>   ATI Radeon Express 200 graphics,
>>
>> I'd appreciate any hints as how to resolve this issue.
>>     
>
> my athlon 2200 box will not boot this kernel either.  but it sure hangs
> up earlier in the process (see my earlier posts looking for help a week
> or so ago).
>
> i was attempting to move from kernel 2174 to 2187. my 2187 was/is a
> pristine rpm'd kernel.  no 3rd party drivers in it at all. 
>
> this doesn't seem to be a good list to get much help with kernel
> problems.
>
> john
>   

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