Revisiting Install hangs at first boot

[Jon Dowd]

The error has returned. The fact that it booted once was a fluke, won't
boot. Here's what happens :

Once the computer is turned on, after the POST, the RedHat GUI for LILO is
displayed. Two choices are offered; DOS and linux, the latter being default.
Ten seconds pass the GUI disappears and in the upper left of the screen the
following is displayed :

"Loading linux....................."

followed immediately with a new line :

"Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel."

a cursor will appear and blink, under the U and that's it. No sound from the
synth. No error message regarding kernel panic, just that. Dead halt, will
stay with those two lines showing for hours, until I reboot and then the
same.

As I mentioned in my earlier post, this has happened on three computers I
have installed using the RedHat 7.3 discs from the link at
linux-speakup.org) all of which have Intel Pentium processors. I have had
the system work on two other computers, using the same discs, the exact same
choices during the install, one difference being AMD processors. On the two
computers I have succeeded with I have the ltlk synth talking, doing PPP
using wvdail on an external USR 56k modem. Any ideas? Are there other
symptoms, etc. I need to mention?

Thanks,

----- Original Message -----
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: Install hangs at first boot


> John:
>
> We can't help you if you don't tell us what the error is. Failed just
> doesn't describe it.
>
> Please note that Speakup will talk, even on systems which won't boot. So,
> you should be able to provide us more specific data about the error.
>
> What is it? A kernel panick? On what device??
>
>
>
> On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Jon Dowd wrote:
>
> > Hi List,
> >
> > I've downloaded and burned 2 sets of the RedHat 7.3 iso's and am having
> > trouble installing either of them (the results are same regardless of
media
> > used). The installation seemingly proceeds fine until the first boot, at
> > which time the system will hang at the point where the message is
displayed
> > "OK Now booting the kernel". The perplexing issue for me is that these
discs
> > have installed successfully on two computers, but failed on three
others.
> > The package choices are identical in all cases, as are all the choices
> > during the install. The failures have occurred on a Pentium 4, with two
> > 30gig HDDs, failed on a Pentium 3 with a 10gig and a 30gig HDD, failed
on a
> > Pentium 60MHz with a 1gig HDD, succeeded on a K6 500 and a K6 550. What
do
> > you think ?



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