New Kernel will not boot

Michal michal at ionic.co.uk
Thu Apr 1 14:45:22 UTC 2010


On 01/04/2010 15:18, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 07:33:09 -0600,
>   Lawrence E Graves <lgraves at risingstarmbc.com> wrote:
>> I am having trouble with the installing of the new kernel release about
>> 2 days ago.  When I install it and reboot my system it stops at the
>> Fedora sign in the middle of the screen.  It is hard for me to explain
>> exactly what is happening because I am not good with the technical terms
>> used.
> 
> When you report issues like this please state the kernel version you are
> using. New kernels come out pretty often and even if we new which Fedora
> release you are using, we wouldn't be sure which kernel version you are
> using.

I have seen this, if memory serves correct while it's doing this you can
press F7 or F8 (I can't remember which) and it shows text instead of an
image. It could have trouble starting a service or running chkdsk. Do
this and say where it is stuck.


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