Fedora 13 installation, does not boot

Vincent Onelli vonelli at optonline.net
Wed Jul 21 14:37:14 UTC 2010


> From: Harald Hoyer <harald.hoyer at gmail.com>

> You might want to edit /etc/grub.conf in rescue and remove "quiet" and
> "rhgb" and add "rdinit rd_NO_PLYMOUTH" to the Kernel command line.

I will gladly do it but it seam to be a non editable file, if there is
away please let me know. 
My apology I was try to use a wrong editor. I made the modifications you
ask me to, no change> 
> 
> On Wednesday, July 21, 2010, Vincent Onelli <vonelli at optonline.net>
wrote:
> >> From: "Darr" <darr at core.com>
> >
> >> >> Hmmmm... if grub's boot menu never appears, how do you know
> >> >> there's only 1 kernel listed in it?
> >> >>
> >> >> If grub's boot menu never appears, how do you choose to run
> >> >> windows or fedora?
> >> >>
> >> > By looking in the directory /lib/modules, while I am in the
command
> >>
> >> Just because there is only one subdirectory in /lib/modules doesn't
> >> mean there is (or was, now) only one kernel listed in the boot
menu.
> >>
> >>
> >> > line in rescue mode. After reinstall again I now have in this
> >> > directory only 2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i.686.PAE if run dracut it
> >> > doesn't find because the PAE extension.
> >>
> >> So you reinstalled, but it still won't boot from the initial
> >> kernel that anaconda gives you. What messages do
> >> you see when you remove the rhgb and quiet from
> >> the kernel arguments at boot time?
> >> i.e. we don't know that the initramfs file is bad...
> >> that was something someone said *could* be wrong.
> >>
> >> Still, if you've convinced yourself that's the problem and want to
> >> remake that file system, just don't use the $(uname -r) variable.
> >> Run e.g.
> >> # mv /boot/initramfs-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i.686.PAE.img
> >> /boot/initramfs-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i.686.PAE.img.old
> >>
> >> # dracut /boot/initramfs-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i.686.PAE.img
> >> 2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i.686.PAE
> > dracut ran OK
> > rebooted, still no change
> >>
> >> instead (both of those commands should be single lines that
> >> begin with the root-access prompt '#'... the email programs wrap
> >> them at arbitrary lengths... typically between 65 and 72 characters
in
> >> length).
> >>
> >> The first command 'moves' the original file to having the
> >> extension "old" so you can compare it to the new one
> >> after it's created by the second command.
> >>
> >> What size is the
current /boot/initramfs-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i.686.PAE.img
> >> file, by the way?
> >>
> > The new 11883506
> > The old 11883371
> >
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> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 13
> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:09:21 -0700
> From: Gordon Messmer <yinyang at eburg.com>
> Subject: Re: Verizon and Comcast email challenges
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users at lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Message-ID: <4C468F11.7060304 at eburg.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
> 
> On 07/20/2010 02:39 PM, Max Pyziur wrote:
> >
> > Recently (over the last six months?), Verizon has blocked smtp
requests on
> > port 25 to our mail server hosted on our machine (brama.com). It
seems
> > that this isn't just our box, but a policy that Verizon has
implemented
> > widely, forcing Verizon patrons to use someuser at verizon.net to send
> > outbound email, or use a different port (587?).
> 
> That's fairly common for residential service.  More ISPs are doing
so, 
> and it's good practice for limiting spam.  If you run an SMTP server, 
> ask your ISP for a business-class account.  You'll pay more, but you 
> won't have filtered access.  I don't think there's any other way for
you 
> to run an MX for your domain on one of their lines.
> 
> If you want to allow users to send email through your server, you
should 
> definitely run an SMTP server on port 587.  It should require SMTP
AUTH 
> for relay privileges.  You will probably need to configure your
server 
> to use Verizon's SMTP servers as "smart hosts" to relay your mail.
> 
> > More recently, recipients with @verizon.net cannot receive emails
from our
> > hosted domain names. As yet, I only have bare knowledge with the
> > indication that the Verizon problem rests with finding an answer at
the
> > following website:
> > Sender Policy Framework
> > http://www.openspf.org/
> 
> That's possible.  You did publish an SPF+ record for brama.com.  What 
> leads you to believe that this is the source of the problem?
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 14
> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:13:27 -0700
> From: Gordon Messmer <yinyang at eburg.com>
> Subject: Re: PostgreSql question
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users at lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Message-ID: <4C469007.5000700 at eburg.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
> 
> On 07/20/2010 05:23 PM, Nermin Celik wrote:
> > I've downloaded PostgreSql from http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org/8.3/,
however
> > when I try access it from the termnial line it doesn't work and
gives
> > the following warning.
> 
> Is there a reason you did that, when Fedora provides PostgreSQL
packages?
> 
> # yum install postgresql postgresql-server
> # chkconfig postgresql on
> # service postgresql initdb
> # service postgresql start
> 
> Running Fedora's packages means that you'll get updates via 'yum
update' 
> when there are bugfixes or security fixes available, and makes it
easier 
> to get help here on the list since you'll be using the same packages 
> everyone else does.
> 






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