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Hi,
I have s sony laptop (Vaio VGN-SZ2M/B)which has coreduo proccesor...
After installing SLC 4.3 i coulndt boot linux and it gave me this error;
Booting ‘scientific linux cern (2.6.9-34.EL.cernsmp)’
Root (hd0,5)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
Kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9.34.ELCernsmp ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
[linux-bzimage, setup=0x1400, size=0x17af81]
Initrd /initrd-2.6.9.34.Elcernsmp.img
[linux-initrd @ 0x37f79000, 0x76ea9 bytes]
Uncompressing linux... Ok, booting the kernel.
Kdb_cmd[0] : defcmd archkdb “” “Firsrt line archdebugging”
Kdb_cmd[6] : defcmd archkdbcpu “” “archkdb with only tasks on cpus”
Kdb_cmd[12] : defcmd archkdbshort “” “archkdb with less detailed backtrace”
Kdb_cmd[18] : defcmd archkdbcommon “” “common arc debugging”
Unknown bus type 2
Unknown bus type 2
Unknown bus type 2
Unknown bus type 2
Unknown bus type 2
Unknown bus type 2
Unknown bus type 2
Unknown bus type 2
Red Hat nash version 4.2.1.6 starting
Have you solved this yet? Is this laptop a very recent model?
"Unknown bus type". Does that refer to a lack of support in the kernel and it cannot continue to boot because the hardware initialization is critical at that point? Just guessing.
You probably have a specific use for SLC - however using a distribution with a more recent kernel may help you determine whether support is available for the hardware and then take it from there.
Maybe someone with more experience can find a way around your problem without resorting to the above, as it is time consuming.
Last edited by The_Outlander; 11-08-2006 at 08:51 PM.
Is the SLC based on Red Had Enterprise Linux? Try booting with the latest Knoppix LiveCD or LiveDVD (http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html) and see if it works. If it does, then it's probably a kernel problem. The 2.6.9 kernel is a bit old for state-of-the-art Core Duo 2 processors and motherboards.
As basileus suggested, your laptop is too new for an older kernel like 2.6.9. As suggested, burn a live CD such as knoppix and see if it boots ok. That is very good advice. I would also follow the links provided.
but,
would it be ok to install Scientific Linux Cern 4.4 into my machine?
or it installs Knoppix?
i havent tried any liveCD yet..only used iso images and burned them..
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