RE: RedHat 7.1 hangs at "Starting kswapd" during boot

[Patty OReilly <oreilly qualcomm com>]

Do you even have a swap partition.


On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Smith, James B. wrote:

> Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 13:02:15 -0500
> From: "Smith, James B." <james b smith unisys com>
> Reply-To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: RE: RedHat 7.1 hangs at "Starting kswapd" during boot
> 
> Ok, that was dumb! Posted before looking further! Sorry to all! kswapd moves
> parts of programs that are not currently being used from real storage (ie
> RAM) to the swap space (ie hard disk).  In the other world that I live in,
> this would mean that I have a VDM taking up too much memory, or my swap file
> is too small.......how large did you make your swap partition?  Just a
> thought.
> 
> JBS 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Smith, James B. [mailto:james b smith unisys com] 
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 1:49 PM
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: RE: RedHat 7.1 hangs at "Starting kswapd" during boot
> 
> I'm just learning as well, but I found this link that seemed to explain what
> kswapd is and what it does.  Hope it helps!
> (http://www.science.unitn.it/~fiorella/guidelinux/tlk/node39.html) 
> 
> 
> JBS
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jim barr net [mailto:jim barr net] 
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 11:15 AM
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: RedHat 7.1 hangs at "Starting kswapd" during boot
> 
> 
> I just purchased a book called "The RedHat Linux v7.1 Bible"
> and it contained 3 installation CDs.  I have installed Linux
> several times before, so the install really was a no-brainer.
>  The graphical install went just fine.
> 
> The problem is that after the entire install process, it does
> a final reboot and when it gets to the message "Starting kswapd",
> the system just hangs.  The only way to get out of it is to switch
> off the power.  Of course, when it reboots, it hangs at that
> point again.  I can never get it to boot cleanly.
> 
> I tried re-installing things using several different configurations
> (from the "All-in-one" (everything) configuration to a small
> bare-bones configuration.)  All resulted  in the same hanging
> at the "Starting kswapd" message.
> 
> I admit that I am definatly a Linux newbie (know just enough
> to get myself into trouble) ;)
> 
> I can boot from the CD into a "rescue" mode, but really don't
> know where to go from there.
> 
> My system is a fairly "vanilla" system...a 333Mhz Compaq Presario
> with 64MB RAM, a 4mb HDD, a 3Com ethernet card, and that's about
> it.
> 
> I installed TurboLinux on it without a hitch, but I really wanted
> to "play" with some of the new RedHat features.
> 
> Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!
> 
> 
> 
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