Re: 4.2: Boot -> reboot -> reboot -> ...

["RJ Krawchuk" <rjk unix asb com>]

It might also be the fact that your Dell BIOS doesn't recognize the IDE
Hard Drive as it is larger than 2.1 GB, I would ask Dell if your BIOS does
support it and see if it can be upgreaded.

RJ

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> From: Stephen Smoogen <smooge redhat com>
> To: pwmrhstn memphis edu
> Cc: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: 4.2: Boot -> reboot -> reboot -> ...
> Date: Friday, October 03, 1997 1:28 PM
> 
> 
> Ok the problem you have listed below looks like it is linked to the fact
> that you have a 4.1 initrd being loaded. The initial ramdisk gets loaded
> when the kernel is looking for certain modules and the kernel that is
> inside this ramdisk is the one that gets booted. Since you are having
> problems with the 4.2 boot floppy (which would be my way of getting
around
> the problem..) I dont know exactly what could be happening. Do you know
> what other hard-ware you added so that it could see a big hard-drive?
> 
> [Please reply to the list... email sent to me sometimes gets shuffled
away
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> 
> On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Peter Wiemer-Hastings wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > I've had Redhat 4.1 running on my Dell 486 (Optiplex 466 MTe) for
> > several months now, crammed in with Windoze 95 on a 500M IDE disk.
> > Finally I got the department to spring for a big (6.5G IDE) disk, and
> > thought I'd go ahead and install the newer version (4.2) on that
> > disk. 
> > Got through the whole installation process fine, but when it rebooted
> > to start up again, I get this behavior:
> > 
> >    General information about the machine.
> >    Memory Check
> >    LILO: boot
> >    Loading LINUX
> >    Uncompressing LINUX
> >    Now booting
> >    Console something-or-other (flashed too quick to read)
> > REBOOT!?!?!
> > That is, it starts the whole process again.
> > 
> > In my troubleshooting activities, I got the newer version of the
> > Redhat installation boot disk, and found that it does the same thing.
> > When I tell it to boot from floppy, it goes for a while and reboots.
> > 
> > As a result of further troubleshooting, I can now boot 4.2 using the
> > old LILO which I reinstalled.  But it seems to be confused about the
> > version number.  After booting up, it says it's running 4.2 Biltmore,
> > with kernel version 2.0.27!  And this misinformation about the version
> > number seems to be messing up the boot.  It can't find the proper
> > modules, and consequently (I'm guessing) has trouble with networking
> > setup.  Whatever the cause, I can't access anything on the network
> > when I boot up with 4.2 now.  (I still can with 4.1.)
> > 
> > Any hope of getting this old guy running with 4.2, or should I just go
> > back to 4.1?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Peter
> > 
> > -- 
> > Peter Wiemer-Hastings
> > Departments of Psychology and Mathematical Sciences
> > University of Memphis
> > Memphis TN 38152
> > pwmrhstn memphis edu
> > 
> > 
> > 
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