New kernel doesn't complete booting

[David]

Antonio M wrote:
> 2009/1/10 David <dgboles at comcast.net>:
>> Antonio M wrote:
>>> 2009/1/10 David <dgboles at comcast.net>:
>>>> Antonio M wrote:
>>>>> kernel-2.6.29-0.24.rc0.git13.fc11.i686 doesn' complete booting on my
>>>>> i386 system and stops just after writing the very first lines on my
>>>>> screen.
>>>>> Anyone else with same experience???
>>>> Unless they changed this when I was not looking the last line that
>>>> displays is the last 'event' in the loading order that succeeded. The
>>>> 'event' that failed does *not* display.
>>>>
>>>> Reboot with a different kernel and watch the screen the 'event' that
>>>> failed the first time will be shown right after the 'event' line were it
>>>> stopped before now. And then you know what to 'fix'.  ;-)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  David
>>>>
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>>> the only lines that I get are:
>>>
>>> Booting....
>>> root....
>>> [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x3000, size 0x2b18f0]
>>> initrd /initrd.......
>>> [Linux-initrd @ 0x37cc5000, 0x329315 bytes]
>>>
>>> and system freezes
>>>
>>> Precedent kernel boot fine, I am writing from that machine.
>>> Tested also with 25 kernel from koij...
>>> this is my grub.conf but I do not see any problem..
>>>
>>>
>>> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
>>> #
>>> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
>>> # NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
>>> #          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
>>> #          root (hd0,0)
>>> #          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
>>> #          initrd /initrd-version.img
>>> #boot=/dev/sda
>>> default=0
>>> timeout=5
>>> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>>> hiddenmenu
>>> title Fedora (2.6.29-0.25.rc0.git14.fc11.i686)
>>>       root (hd0,0)
>>>       kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29-0.25.rc0.git14.fc11.i686 ro
>>> root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
>>>       initrd /initrd-2.6.29-0.25.rc0.git14.fc11.i686.img
>>> title Fedora (2.6.29-0.19.rc0.git9.fc11.i686)
>>>       root (hd0,0)
>>>       kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29-0.19.rc0.git9.fc11.i686 ro
>>> root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
>>>       initrd /initrd-2.6.29-0.19.rc0.git9.fc11.i686.img
>>> title Fedora (2.6.28-0.140.rc9.git1.fc11.i686)
>>>       root (hd0,0)
>>>       kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.28-0.140.rc9.git1.fc11.i686 ro
>>> root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
>>>       initrd /initrd-2.6.28-0.140.rc9.git1.fc11.i686.img
>>> title Fedora (2.6.28-0.138.rc9.fc11.i686)
>>>       root (hd0,0)
>>>       kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.28-0.138.rc9.fc11.i686 ro
>>> root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
>>>       initrd /initrd-2.6.28-0.138.rc9.fc11.i686.img
>>
>> Does boot.log offer any hints?
>>
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>>
>>
>>  David
>>
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> 
> unfortunately no...


Hmm... Then that sounds like it never gets to booting. Which, this
happened to me once, could be a bad initrd.

Does this machine boot with another kernel? If so , gee I hate 'try
this' suggestions :-) , delete the old initrd and create a new one.


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  David