Uncompressing Linux booting the kernel...hangs.

[Mukarram Syed]

Thanks Kyle.
I'll try that.
I have ttyS0 as the console argument like so:

label 5 
  kernel ENTLINUX32_U6/vmlinuz
  append nofb
ks=http://171.67.144.10/ENTLINUX32_U6/Enterprise/ks_el32_u6_asia-base-x-app.
cfg initrd=ENTLINUX32_U
6/initrd.img ramdisk_size=10000 lang= devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=9216
ksdevice=eth0 console=ttyS0,9600 ipappend 1

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[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Kyle Powell
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 8:59 AM
To: Discussion list about Kickstart
Subject: Re: Uncompressing Linux booting the kernel...hangs.

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Mukarram Syed wrote:
> Hi,
> I am sure people would have seen this?
> I am trying to Kickstart a Dell PE1850.  I have connected a
> monitor/keyboard to it.  When I Kickstart it I could load the image
> (vmlinux and initrd).  Then it says:
> 
> Uncompressing Linux?Ok
> Booting the kernel
> 
> Then it hangs there.
> 
> Now after a couple of minutes when I type ALT+F3, ALT+F4 etc. going
> through the virtual terminals, I see the installation process and then
> the Kickstart completes.

If the kickstart is completing, then "hangs" is not the right word to use. I
think you're issue is caused by a serial console, but not the one you
disabled
in the BIOS. The output of the kernel and init is going to the serial
console
instead of the monitor you've got plugged in. Check your kernel boot
parameters
for something like "console=tty0,ttyS0" and remove it (tty0 is the default).
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Kyle Powell | Red Hat | Senior Consultant, RHCE
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