Kernel boot failure
Derek C Hopkins
derek.hopkins at sympatico.ca
Tue Oct 2 17:11:22 UTC 2007
At 11:16 AM 02/10/2007, you wrote:
>On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 09:10 -0400, Derek C Hopkins wrote:
> > I do not understand. where do I put your "try appending
> > 'edd=skipmbr' to the kernel command"
>
>In general, such instructions to append kernel parameters mean for you
>to edit the kernel line in the GRUB configuration. Either by editing
>the grub.conf file, or just editing the command line options during the
>boot process (when the grub menu appears, press the hot keys to edit,
>there's on-screen prompts as to what to press and when).
>
>Taking an old example, you'd find a stanza like this, below, and append
>your options onto the end of the kernel line. And, for the sake of
>trouble shooting, removing options like rhgb and quiet can help you see
>what's going on during the boot process.
>
>originally:
>title Fedora Core (2.6.20-1.2320.fc5)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.20-1.2320.fc5 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> initrd /initrd-2.6.20-1.2320.fc5.img
>
>modified:
>title Fedora Core (2.6.20-1.2320.fc5)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.20-1.2320.fc5 ro root=LABEL=/ edd=skipmbr
> initrd /initrd-2.6.20-1.2320.fc5.img
>
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> important to the thread.)
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Thanks Tim now understand. (very new to linux)
I now get more statements on screen during boot but it still stops.
last line is
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCIO] (0000:00)
Cheers Derek
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