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FC2 post-install hangs on dual boot system
(sorry for the long entry but I try to explain as much as possible).
Problem:
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Setup Agent stalls and will not finish dual boot installation after reboot.
Scenario:
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Trying to dual boot Windows XP Pro and Fedora Core 2 on a Dell Dimension XPS Gen 2 PC with
- Intel motherboard, Pentium 4, 875 chip set,
- two SATA drives, one CD-ROM, one DVD drive,
- Video card: ATI Radeon 9800 XT.
- Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 193P LCD.
- WinXP Pro came pre-installed on first SATA drive.
BIOS drive info:
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SATA RAID -- On (although I do not use RAID)
Primary Master Drive -- Off
Primary Slave Drive -- Off
Secondary Master Drive -- CD-ROM device (my CD drive)
Secondary Master Drive -- CD-ROM device (my DVD drive)
IDE Drive UDMA -- On
* Repartitioned system with PartitionMagic.
* Using WinXP Pro on first SATA drive (/dev/sda):
- Primary partition Drive C (active) as /dev/sda2 (/dev/sda1 is used by
Dell utility).
- Extended partition with logical drives D,E,F,G,H, as /dev/sda5,6,7,8,9).
* Using Linux on 2nd SATA drive (/dev/sdb):
- Extended partition with logicals /boot, /, /usr, /home, /tmp, /var, swap
as /dev/sdb5,7,8,9,10,11,12 (/dev/sdb6 is used for a logical drive I under
Windows). (see fdisk and df output below).
FIRST QUESTION:
I assume that I can install Linux on a logical drive (doesn't have to be a
primary and active). Correct?
Here is the installation sequence:
* Boot from FC2 CD.
* Use manual partition option in Disk Druid
- did partition before w/ PartitionMagic, only do the mounting in Disk
Druid.
* Boot loader options:
- selected "Configure advanced boot loader options"
- selected "/dev/sdb5 First sector of boot partition"
i.e. installing GRUB on /boot partition on 2nd drive (/dev/sdb5), *not* on
MBR (/dev/sda) because of known problem of installer messing with MBR and need Windows for family. (see grub.conf info below).
* Installation proceeds with no problem.
* After installation finishes the system is rebooting.
Here is catch 22:
Since I put GRUB only on the /boot partition, *not* on the MBR the system
cannot boot Linux directly.
* Ok, I boot linux from FC2 installation CD (command "linux rescue").
* After I get to the bash shell, I make the system the root environment
with command "chroot /mnt/sysimage".
* I mount the floppy and copy the first 512 bytes from the /boot sector.
/bin/dd if=/dev/sdb5 of=/mnt/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
* Boot into WinXP Pro.
* Copy bootsect.lnx from floppy to C:\.
* Modify Boot.ini and add "C:\bootsect.lnx="Linux Fedora Core 2".
* Reboot and select "Linux Fedora Core 2" from Windows boot loader menu.
* GRUB boot loader comes up with three entries
- Fedora Core 2 (2.6.5-1.358smp)
- Fedora Core 2-up (2.6.5-1.358)
- Windows XP Pro
SECOND QUESTION:
Why is GRUB giving me two linux kernel options to boot from and which one
should I use?????
* If I select "Fedora Core 2 (2.6.5-1.358smp)" I get error (like observed in
other posts on the web)
"ACPI: PAE and S3 don't like each other, disabling S3", booting proceeds
with no further problems,
last OK message is "mounting local filesystem" and then the system hangs.
* If I select "Fedora Core 2-up (2.6.5-1.358)" the booting seems to run
through its motions with issues as above,
last OK message is "mounting local filesystem". Then the Setup Agent
starts in graphical mode (the nice looking
PC graphics is displayed). At this point, nothing happens anymore, the
"Show details" link doesn't show anything, the rotating graphics (indicating actions) keeps rotating but the system just sits there and does nothing.
THIRD QUESTION:
What am I doing wrong?
What I did so far:
- Reinstalled, same problem.
- Changed from S3 to S1 suspend mode in BIOS, same problem
and same message despite having S1 now:
"ACPI: PAE and S3 don't like each other, disabling S3".
- Disabled SATA RAID in BIOS, enabled SATA for both hard drives,
SATA RAID -- Off
SATA Primary Drive -- Hard drive
SATA Secondary Drive -- Hard drive
Primary Master Drive -- Off
Primary Slave Drive -- Off
Secondary Master Drive -- CD-ROM device (my CD drive)
Secondary Master Drive -- CD-ROM device (my DVD drive)
IDE Drive UDMA -- On
Did *not* do reinstall but tried to do FIRST boot, same problem.
Here is the device.map info
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# this device map was generated by anaconda
(fd0) /dev/fd0
(hd0) /dev/sda
(hd1) /dev/sdb
Here is the grub.conf info
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# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd1,4)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sdb7
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sdb5
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd1,4)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
password --md5 xxxxxxxxx
title Fedora Core 2 (2.6.5-1.358smp)
root (hd1,4)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358smp ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.5-1.358smp.img
title Fedora Core 2-up (2.6.5-1.358)
root (hd1,4)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.5-1.358.img
title Windows XP Pro
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1
Here is the disk partition info via "fdisk -l"
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Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14589 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
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