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.)
> >
> >Don't send private replies to my address, the
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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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