[Bug 223246] Post install boot hangs during loading of initrd, GRUB bug?

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Summary: Post install boot hangs during loading of initrd, GRUB bug?


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=223246


fedora at j.jimmc.org changed:

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  Status Whiteboard| bzcl34nup                  |bzcl34nup




------- Additional Comments From fedora at j.jimmc.org  2008-04-04 19:28 EST -------
I believe I had the same problem with Fedora Core 6, and I still
have it with Fedora 8.  I was able to boot from the Fedora 8 DVD
and install, but when it rebooted to complete the installation,
it printed out a few lines of text and hung.

If I select virtualization during installation, I am able to boot
and run kernel-xen successfully, so that's what I have been using.
While running the xen kernel I used yum to update my system to get
the latest regular kernel.  When I reboot and select that kernel
from grub, it hangs as above after printing out this text:

  Booting 'Fedora (2.6.24.4-64.fc8)'

root (hd0,0)
 Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.24.4-64.fc8 ro root=/dev/vg0/lv_f8root norhgb noquiet
   [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x2c00, size=0x1f0240]
initrd /initrd-2.6.24.4-64.fc8.img
   [Linux-initrd @ 0x37c2c000, 0x3c3cb2 bytes]

It should be saying "Uncompressing linux" here, but it hangs
before that.

I have tried each of the following with no effect:
    * Disable APIC Mode in my BIOS before booting.
    * Remove all arguments from the kernel boot line.
    * Add the following arguments to the kernel boot line:
        pci=nommconf irqpoll acpi=off noapic nolapic

My system is a Shuttle SD32G2 with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor
and SATA disks (currently two drives, but formerly one drive,
same problem).

I have tried this with the latest Fedora 8 kernel and grub in the
standard yum repository, currently kernel.i686 2.6.24.4-64.fc8 and
grub.i386 0.97-19.


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