Kernel boot failure

Pierre Lamb plamb_98 at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 2 22:09:29 UTC 2007


TRY adding pnpbios=off at the end of 
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.20-1.2320.fc5 ro> root=LABEL=/
rhgb quiet
--- Derek C Hopkins <derek.hopkins at sympatico.ca>
wrote:

> At 11:16 AM 02/10/2007, you wrote:
> >On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 09:10 -0400, Derek C Hopkins
> wrote:
> > > I do not understand.  where do I put your "try
> appending
> > > 'edd=skipmbr' to the kernel command"
> >
> >In general, such instructions to append kernel
> parameters mean for you
> >to edit the kernel line in the GRUB configuration. 
> Either by editing
> >the grub.conf file, or just editing the command
> line options during the
> >boot process (when the grub menu appears, press the
> hot keys to edit,
> >there's on-screen prompts as to what to press and
> when).
> >
> >Taking an old example, you'd find a stanza like
> this, below, and append
> >your options onto the end of the kernel line.  And,
> for the sake of
> >trouble shooting, removing options like rhgb and
> quiet can help you see
> >what's going on during the boot process.
> >
> >originally:
> >title Fedora Core (2.6.20-1.2320.fc5)
> >         root (hd0,0)
> >         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.20-1.2320.fc5 ro
> root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> >         initrd /initrd-2.6.20-1.2320.fc5.img
> >
> >modified:
> >title Fedora Core (2.6.20-1.2320.fc5)
> >         root (hd0,0)
> >         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.20-1.2320.fc5 ro
> root=LABEL=/ edd=skipmbr
> >         initrd /initrd-2.6.20-1.2320.fc5.img
> >
> >--
> >(This box runs FC5, my others run FC4 & FC6, in
> case that's
> >  important to the thread.)
> >
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> 
> Thanks Tim    now understand.  (very new to linux)
> 
>          I now get more statements on screen during
> boot  but it still stops.
> 
> last line is
> 
> ACPI:  PCI Root Bridge [PCIO] (0000:00)
> 
> Cheers Derek
> 
> 
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