[Fedora-livecd-list] liveCD doesn't boot on IBM X Series Hardware

msacks ntwrkd at gmail.com
Mon Dec 6 22:27:06 UTC 2010


More specifically, the screen goes blank at

Dracut: Switching root
Starting udevd:

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 1:55 PM, msacks <ntwrkd at gmail.com> wrote:
> I removed quit and rhgb from my pxelinux config.
> The /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/boot/syslinux.cfg that exists in the
> LiveCD itself doesn't have these options.
>
> I'm at a loss here. Should I file a bug?
>
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 12:05 PM, mammar <mammar at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Remove quit from APPEND statement in your syslinux config file if there is
>> one, also remove rhgb.
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 1:00 AM, msacks <ntwrkd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Not sure how I'd check that. Once it goes past the "loading" bar the
>>> screen is completely blank. No way to get dmesg output.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 11:53 AM, mammar <mammar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Check the kernel boot messages specially the last ones, hopefully they
>>> > will
>>> > help.
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 12:50 AM, msacks <ntwrkd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> The blank screen also happens with nomodeset. This LiveCD image
>>> >> doesn't have X installed on it, and it boots into runlevel 3 by
>>> >> default. Any other ideas?
>>> >>
>>> >> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Brian C. Lane <bcl at redhat.com> wrote:
>>> >> > On Mon, Dec 06, 2010 at 10:27:36AM -0800, msacks wrote:
>>> >> >> Is there a parameter I can pass in my kickstart file or do I just
>>> >> >> use
>>> >> >> some
>>> >> >> sed trickery in my post configuration?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Pass it to the kernel when you boot the install.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > --
>>> >> > Brian C. Lane | Anaconda Team | IRC: bcl #anaconda | Port Orchard, WA
>>> >> > (PST8PDT)
>>> >> >
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