Boot Failure

sakkie · 09-04-2002, 12:16 PM

Hi

I just received a Epox 4A4G M/B with a P4 2G proc.

My problem is when i try installing Slackware 8.1 The cd start up but then freezes at ok, booting the kernel. I did made several changes in the BIOS but no luck at this stage.

Any ideas??

Thanks

Isak

kendo · 09-04-2002, 04:01 PM

Did you download or buy the cd? If you downloaded and burned you might try again. Remember just the ISO "image".Check your MD5 checksums.

finegan · 09-04-2002, 08:10 PM

I get this same problem now whenever I try to boot my machine with Slack's stock bare.i kernel... but my problem comes from the fact I have a dual monitor rig... probably something wonky with framebuffering. Try, when you get to the screen for passing extra options on to the kernel:

vga=normal

But really... that's just a pretty wild guess. You could also try a different boot kernel and see what works.

Cheers,

Finegan

mpeng · 09-06-2002, 01:19 PM

Having exactly the same problem on RH 7.3.

How does one choose a different boot kernel?

I was able to install RH 7.1 OK, though video is weird...

mpeng · 09-06-2002, 02:56 PM

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...199#post138199

This post sayst that according to RH, there is no support for i845g chip set in the current kernel - but there is in the beta 'rawhide' kernel.

Oddly enough, I can get the older 2.4 kernel in RH 7.1 to run on the epox 4G4A+, but not the 2.4.18 kernel in 7.3