Laptop not booting under the 2.6.20-1.3036 kernel

[David Timms]

Paul wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've installed and updated my son's laptop using the F7T3 dvd and it
> refuses to boot. It gets past grub, starts to load vmlinuz and then
> restarts.
> 
> I've tried nopci and noprobe as command line options but it continually
> reboots.
> 
> It's an old laptop - Compaq Presario 1246, but it should be able to
> handle things.
> 
> The HD was installed originally on my laptop (x86) and transferred over
> - I've done this plenty of times in the past. If I put the drive back in
> my laptop, it boots fine.
Have you had any success yet ?

If not, at the grub prompt, can you adjust the grub boot line to not 
include rhgb and quiet. You might be able to catch the last message 
before the reboot.

A capture to serial console might be the easiest way to get the messages.

DaveT.