Fedora 9 won´t boot kernel on Bion notebook PC
I´ve been trying to run the Fedora 9 KDE-live-i686 distro on my new Bion notebook. I get the opening menu and have successfully run memtest. However, after loading vmlinuz0 and initrd0.img and decompressing linux it hangs when trying to boot the kernel.
Any suggestions? Hardware: CPU type: Intel Pentium Dual CPU T2370 @1.73GHz Processor: Intel Centrino + Core IDE Channel 0 Master Optiarc DVD RW AD-7560A PM Transfer mode: FPIO 4/DMA 2 Ultra DMA mode: Mode 2 Sata Port 1: Samsung HM121HISI 120GB Transfer mode : FPIO4/DMA2 Ultra DMA mode: mode 6 System memory: 640kb Extended memory: 1,920MB PhoenixBios Setup Utility BIOS version 1.12 EC Version 1.11 Muchas Gracias |
try the x86_64 version instad of the i686. i'm pretty sure that should fix it
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Kernel alive!
Thanks for your suggestion, which I followed.
Unfortunately, it still hangs when trying to boot the kernel. However this time it also gives the message: "Kernel alive". I´d be grateful for any further suggestions. |
change sata settings to ahci in bios
text mode? try boot time kernel parameters for sata, resolution=1280x1024, remove 'quiet' and take a look at the exact messages |
"nosmp" works but...
I tried different boot time kernel parameters and "nosmp" gets the kernel to boot. I get the login prompt but am unable to start or configure Xorg.
I wasn´t able to change sata settings in bios. I get messages: Failed to load module "intelmaster" (module does not exist) Failed to load module "intelbatchbuffer" (module does not exist) open /dev/fb0: no such fike or directory Fatal server error: caught signal 11. Server aborting Aborted and: hpet_acpi_add: no address or irqs in _CRS and: Buffer I/O error on device sda. Thank you. |
Success!
"Nosmp" works with the i686 as well.
I finally managed to get xserver working by "system-config-display --reconfig" And I´ve now installed Fedora 9 x86_64 on the notebook. Next step is to get all the hardware working properly. Thnaks to Amani and Soppy for their help. |
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