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#1 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 05:35 AM

Howdy,

I've downloaded the DVD.iso (Fedora Core 3)
actually loaded onto a server and NFS mount the install
and boot via a boot.iso image instead of burning DVD and boot/load local

goes through installation OK, no errors.

go to boot and it stalls at stage 2 of grub
no splash screen and nothing..

tried minimalising grub.conf and still no joy.

Pentium III/800Mhz standard PC in all respects.

any help?? I guess I am too bleeding edge.

Bruce Robertson + labman@ecr.mu.oz.au
Engineering Computer Resources, + http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/
C/o Faculty of Engineering, + Phone: + (61)(3) 8344-4242
University of Melbourne, 3010. AUSTRALIA + Fax: + (61)(3) 9347-2480

#2 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 05:35 AM

Bruce Robertson wrote:

> go*to*boot*and*it*stalls*at*stage*2*of*grub

.... never tried fedora. but the issue you
have normally relates to a problem with
the /boot partition. check your /etc/fstab
and /boot/grub/menu.lst for hints
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#3 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 05:35 AM

"Bruce Robertson" <labman@ecr.mu.oz.au> wrote in message
news:41902f0f$1@news.unimelb.edu.au...
> Howdy,
>
> I've downloaded the DVD.iso (Fedora Core 3)
> actually loaded onto a server and NFS mount the install
> and boot via a boot.iso image instead of burning DVD and boot/load local
>
> goes through installation OK, no errors.
>
> go to boot and it stalls at stage 2 of grub
> no splash screen and nothing..

Ouch. Can you reboot with the rescuecd.iso in "rescue" mode, in order to be
able to probe things? Also, the new kernels with new OS releases always seem
to wind up with bugs on a few oddball motherboards, and believe me, a lot of
servers have *strange* motherboards.

> tried minimalising grub.conf and still no joy.
>
> Pentium III/800Mhz standard PC in all respects.
>
> any help?? I guess I am too bleeding edge.

Submit a bug report at fedora.redhat.com, and include the actual
motherboard. I went through this sort of fun and games with old DEC, I mean
Compaq, I mean HP this week, systems and finally gave up on the old pieces
of dreck.

#4 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 05:37 AM

Hi All,

I have had some success and at least it boots.

options on kernel (grub.conf) apm=off acpi=off
(Hardware was VIA chipset - Pentium III/800Mhz, Tyan1854 MB)

One of these is probably default in any case but I was more
concerned to see if my installation media is OK instead
of whether I make this particular machine work.

Installed on my prime machine no problems and also dual boots
XP Pro no problems.

regards,
Bruce

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In article <41902f0f$1@news.unimelb.edu.au>,
labman@ecr.mu.oz.au (Bruce Robertson) writes:
> Howdy,
>
> I've downloaded the DVD.iso (Fedora Core 3)
> actually loaded onto a server and NFS mount the install
> and boot via a boot.iso image instead of burning DVD and boot/load local
>
> goes through installation OK, no errors.
>
> go to boot and it stalls at stage 2 of grub
> no splash screen and nothing..
>
> tried minimalising grub.conf and still no joy.
>
> Pentium III/800Mhz standard PC in all respects.
>
> any help?? I guess I am too bleeding edge.
>
> Bruce Robertson + labman@ecr.mu.oz.au
> Engineering Computer Resources, + http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/
> C/o Faculty of Engineering, + Phone: + (61)(3) 8344-4242
> University of Melbourne, 3010. AUSTRALIA + Fax: + (61)(3) 9347-2480

#5 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 05:37 AM

Bruce Robertson wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have had some success and at least it boots.
>
> options on kernel (grub.conf) apm=off acpi=off
> (Hardware was VIA chipset - Pentium III/800Mhz, Tyan1854 MB)
>
> One of these is probably default in any case but I was more
> concerned to see if my installation media is OK instead
> of whether I make this particular machine work.
>
> Installed on my prime machine no problems and also dual boots
> XP Pro no problems.
>

I've installed it 3 days ago on AMD64. It works and is stable compared
to 64-bit FC2. My only problem is, when I have 5 as default run-level,
it stops booting at "configuring kernel parameters" step. But when I
give 3 as the run-level, it boots fine. Still trying to figure out
what's going wrong.

GVK

#6 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 05:39 AM

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:00:03 +0530, GVK wrote:

> Bruce Robertson wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have had some success and at least it boots.
>>
>> options on kernel (grub.conf) apm=off acpi=off
>> (Hardware was VIA chipset - Pentium III/800Mhz, Tyan1854 MB)
>>
>> One of these is probably default in any case but I was more
>> concerned to see if my installation media is OK instead
>> of whether I make this particular machine work.
>>
>> Installed on my prime machine no problems and also dual boots
>> XP Pro no problems.
>>
>
> I've installed it 3 days ago on AMD64. It works and is stable compared
> to 64-bit FC2. My only problem is, when I have 5 as default run-level,
> it stops booting at "configuring kernel parameters" step. But when I
> give 3 as the run-level, it boots fine. Still trying to figure out
> what's going wrong.
>
> GVK
That's what happened to me also. Ran great at first then that happened.
Let us know if you fix it. And yes I could boot from the rescue cd.

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