Re: Redhat 9 Hang on Boot

["Brian C. Volk" <bvolk bvolk com>]

I recently installed RH9 and had the same problem... I installed using a
USB keyboard.  I switched to a PS2 keyboard and RH9 installed just
fine.  Hope this helps.

Brian Volk 



On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 14:40, Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 12:26:11AM -0500, Dean Axene wrote:
> > I'm currently running RH 7.3.  I recently purchased RH 9. My first 
> > attempt was to do an upgrade. The installation was done with no problem, 
> > but on initial boot up the system hung up. I then tried to install to a 
> > clean disk with the same result. I then did about 8 or 10 more 
> > installations using different partitioning and system configurations 
> > with exactly the same result. My computer is a home brew, but it more 
> > than meets the prerequisites for installing RH 9. I have reviewed the 
> > certified hardware list and I find nothing there that should cause this 
> > failure. Booting from floppy makes no difference.
> > 
> > Watching the screen during boot up, I can see that it gets through the 
> > very early portion OK. After hanging, I can read what's on my screen and 
> > can see that it recognizes my floppy, my 2 hard drives and my 2 cdrom 
> > drives, but then hangs on the very next item. Since the system is hung, 
> > I can't see what that item is, and since I never get booted, I can't 
> > read any of the log files.
> > 
> > I'm at a loss as to how to proceed, and would certainly appreciate any help.
> > 
> > Dean Axene
> 
> See if you can boot to single user or rescue mode to read the logs.
> See Chapter 9 of The Fine Manual
> 
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/
> 
> for details.
> 
> Cheers,
-- 
Brian C. Volk <bvolk bvolk com>