FC3T2 Kernel Startup

[Andrius]

You need to update your grub configuration (perhaps it didn't updated
automatically). Go to /boot/grub and edit menu.lst. Change 2.6.7-1.478 to
2.6.8-1.520 everywhere you see this numbers (kernel..., initrd...). Do it
with root permissions, save and reboot.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hawkins" <jhawkins at tampabay.rr.com>
To: <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 9:02 PM
Subject: FC3T2 Kernel Startup


> I have FC3T2 installed on a PIII 450 mhz system. The initial
> installation installed kernel 2.6.7-1.478 and I upgraded the kernel with
> up2date to kernel 2.6.8-1.520 last night. The boot process is not how
> expect it to behave and the new kernel is not being loaded. I've
> rebooted a number of times and have tried to write everything down on
> paper so that I could document this issue. I haven't caught everything,
> so if I am missing something that you think is important, let me know
> and I'll keep booting until I get it all. Here's what I see.
>
>
> A quick flash that looks like Grub Stage 2 (not certain as it really
> flashes too quick to read it well).
>
> Root (hd0,0)
> Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
> kernel /vmlinux - 2.6.7-1.478 ro root= /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb
> quiet
> [Linux -bz Image, setup=0x1400, size=0x148891]
> initrd /initrd-2.6.7-1.478.img
> [Linux-initrd @ 0x17f3a000,0xa5eba bytes]
>
> Uncompressing Linux..... OK, booting the kernel
> audit (1097336390.4294966319:0) initialized
> Red Hat Nash version 3.5.24 starting
> reading all physical volumes. This may take a while.....
> Found Volume group "VolGroup00" using media at the lvm2 (it think this
> is what this line says - I can't read my scribling well)
> I then get a full screen of what appears to be some type of hex dump
> like:
>
> 88 36 03 05 00 40 ed (and so on for at least 40 lines)
>
> After a few seconds the screen clears and the following is displayed:
>
> Fedora Core Release 2.90 (FC3 Test1)
> Linux 2.6.7-1.478 on an i686
>
> localhost login:
>
> after a couple of seconds the screen clears and I get the Fedora Core
> Graphical login screen.
>
>
> Any ideas why the updated version of the kernel is not loading?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> -- 
> fedora-test-list mailing list
> fedora-test-list at redhat.com
> To unsubscribe:
> http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
>