Fedora Core 2 boot problems

[Darren Coleman]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Alexander Dalloz
> Sent: 05 October 2004 15:58
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: Fedora Core 2 boot problems
> 
> Am Di, den 05.10.2004 schrieb Darren Coleman um 16:28:
> 
> > > > Booting 'Fedora Core (2.6.5-1.358)'
> > > >
> > > > root (hd0,0)
> > > >  Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
> > > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358 ro root=/dev/hda2
> > > >    [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1400, size=0x1235b7]
> > > > initrd /initrd-2.6.5-1.358.img
> > > >    [Linux-initrd @ 0x2ffb2000, 0x2d9b1 bytes]
> > > >
> > > > ..and that's it.
> > > >
> > > > No "Uncompressing the kernel".. nothing.. just a flashing cursor.
> 
> > Tried both "single" and "3" - neither did any good I'm afraid.  Same
> result,
> > just a flashing cursor.
> 
> > Daz
> 
> To be sure, when you edited the kernel parameters line from the grub
> boot prompt, you did erase the "quite" instruction? If not please do
> that. Best would be to erase "rhgb quiet" completely and exchange it by
> a "3" (all without quotes). The quiet instruction suppresses lots of
> information normally printed out on the console.
> 
> Alexander
> 
> 
> --
> Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13
> Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) kernel 2.6.8-1.521smp
> Serendipity 16:55:11 up 5 days, 19:21, load average: 0.45, 0.47, 0.26

Hi Alexander,

There was no "quiet" option shown that I saw.  I will check again and report
progress, however my current perception (based on the fact I've just
installed RH9 on the machine without any issues) is that there is a hardware
compatibility problem at fault. :(

Thanks,

Darren