New kernel doesn't complete booting

David dgboles at comcast.net
Sat Jan 10 17:19:35 UTC 2009


Jim wrote:
> David wrote:
>> 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 that is a good tip, BUT!!, how would you get the same result on
> FC10 LIVE CD.
> I have got one box that I can't get the LIVE cd to boot up on it locks up.
> You can't read any Log Messages because it doesn't leave any logs on
> hard drive.
> 


That does sound like a problem.  ;-)

There have been several threads about situations such as your lockup.
And, honestly, since it does not effect me and I could not help, I
tended to skim & skip them. That sounds like an archive search or
patience until someone else comes along. Sorry.

-- 


  David




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