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Old 02-10-2005, 09:10 AM   #1
bikerle
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Fedora C3 boot problem on SATA drive


I'm a new Linux user. I just bought an HP AThlon XP 3200+ which came with XP window and 160GB Seagate hard drive. Due to space limitation inside the PC, I have a SATA Maxtor 120GB drive installed instead of an IDE, a Seagate 160GB. I created a dual boot with WinXP on the IDE drive and Fedora C3 on the SATA. I have no problem to boot from WinXP, but when selected to boot Fedora C3 from SATA ... It hang after trying to boot from the kernel ! Following are the GRUb.CONF and LOG for your info. Any info would be appreciate.

Thanx for your help - Bikerle

****** GRUB.CONF ******

title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img


********************

********* LOG *********

>Booting Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667)
>
>root (hd1,0)
>
>Filesystem trype is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
>kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
> [Linuz-bzImage, setup=0x1400, size=0x155da5]
>initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
> [Linuz-initrd @ 0x1bede000, 0x101fca bytes]
>
>Uncompressing Linuz... Ok, booting the kernel.
>audit(1107781413.250:0): initialized
>Red Hat nash version 4.1.18 starting
>
>- (blinking cursor) ############ HANG RIGHT HERE !!! #########
>
>***********************
 
Old 02-10-2005, 12:00 PM   #2
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Here are the device.map & the full grub.conf .... HELP PLEASE !

******* device.map *******

(fd0) /dev/fd0
(hd0) /dev/hda
(hd1) /dev/sda


********grub.conf ********

# Global Section
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd1,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu

# Linux
title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667)
# Set root as second HD
root (hd1,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img

# Windows XP
title WinXP
# Set root as first HD (hd0,1), HP recovery on the first partition (0)
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1
 
Old 02-10-2005, 01:24 PM   #3
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More info ...

Here's the log info after removing "rhgb quit" option from kernel command line in grub.conf

************ LOG ***********
Red Hat nash version 4.1.18 starting
Mounted /proc filesystem
Mounting sysfs
Creating /dev
Starting udev
Loading scsi_mod.ko module
SCSI subsytem initialized
Loading sd_mod.ko module
Loading libata.ko module
Loading sata_via.ko module
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0f.0[B] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
sata_via(0000:00:0f.0): routed to hard irq line 11
ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xAC00 ctl 0xB002 bmda 0XBC00 irq 10
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xB400 ctl 0xB002 bmda 0XBC08 irq 10
ata1: dev 0 ATA, max UDMA/133, 240121728 sectors:

- (blinking cursor) ##### HANG RIGHT HERE !!! ######
 
Old 02-11-2005, 01:53 PM   #4
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Hi,

Can anybody help me with this problem ? Or should I post it under Software ?

Thanx and Have a nice day !
 
Old 02-24-2005, 01:19 PM   #5
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I'm having this EXACT same problem

I'm having this EXACT same problem.

I just installed a clean FC3 on a virgin machine, default disk partitioning. Setup worked fine, on reboot,
the bootup hanged on the "nash" program

(This machine has been thoroughly tested using Knoppix. Knoppix see's the hard drives, boots fines, everything works)

boot parameteres had the rhgb quiet parameter, and so, reading a forum, I removed it.

First, here are my System specs:
Athlon XP Barton 2800+
Asus A7V600-X Motherboard
VIA KT600 Chipset
Asus AGP V9520 Magic - 128MB -- Gefore FX 5200 video card
Serial ATA 80 GB Seagate Harddrive

I removed the rhgb parameter from the boot configuration, and got almost the EXACT same set of messages as you:
The installation stalled on the same spot yours did.

Were you able to solve this problem? If so, PLEASE post.

Thanks.

--Pete
 
Old 02-24-2005, 03:34 PM   #6
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Potential fix for this problem

I think I found the potential fix:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedo.../msg02923.html

The Fedora Core 3 kernel may not be compatable, and we should try the latest kernel.

This link provides instructions on how to install a new kernel.

--Pete
 
Old 02-24-2005, 05:43 PM   #7
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Hi Pete,

It seems that nobody has the answer for my problem. So for now I have the Window XP installed on the SATA drive, and Redhat 9.0 on the IDE instead. I couldn't use the FC3 on the IDE because the driver of my Belkin GigE card requires the 2.4 kernel instead of 2.6. I have to disconnect the SATA drive everytime I want to boot from Linux Redhat otherwise it always boots from Window XP on the SATA. I was at the Linux World Expo in Boston last week and talked about the SATA problem to a person at the FC3 booth. He admitted that there is a compatible problem with the FC3 & the SATA drive ...

Please let me know if the new kernel works for you ...

Thanx,

Bikerle
 
Old 03-05-2005, 01:33 AM   #8
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Latest Kernel solved problem

I updated to the latest kernel 737 (I think) and the drive worked was able to boot. I did this by:

for reference, the system was a:
Athlon Barton 2800+
VIA Chipset KT motherboard with onboard SATA, IDE, Ethernet
Nvida FX 5200 Asus graphics card

1) using the FC3 CD #1, and typing linux rescue
2) watching lots of networking, via_sata and drivers load, etc
3) chroot /mnt/sysimage after a successful login into linux single usermode

4) rpm --import /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-*
this is so I could use yum

5) yum update kernel
this will update the kernel
(you could also use wget to download the kernel rpm directly, then rpm install it)
6) reboot

I also had problems using a Dual IDE/SATA system like yours:

For example:

This configuration didn't work:
grub installed on MBR of SATA drive, and bios configured to boot SATA drive first

CD-RW/CD on Primary Master IDE
Windows 2000 on Primary Slave IDE
Fedora Core 3 on SATA channel 1

The kernel would hang on boot right after the IDE drives were detected.

this configuration worked:
Windows 2000 on Primary Master IDE
Fedora Core 3 on SATA channel 1

(CD-RW not installed, I didn't try to see if I could get the CD-RW installed on the Second Master IDE, or Primary Slave IDE)
grub installed on FC3 SATA drive MBR
use the map (hd1) (hd0) trick to get the Windows 2000 to boot from the second drive

I think SATA + IDE is a little tricky right now, plus with the many motherboard flavors it may take a while to get sorted out.

--Pete
 
Old 03-05-2005, 01:47 AM   #9
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Use NTLOADER to boot grub

After reading your email, I know a fix for your problem:

There is a way to get the NTLOADER to boot your FC3 on the second IDE drive.

http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Dual_booting

This guide gives the lowdown on letting the windows drive boot the linux harddrive.

Hope this helps.

--Pete
 
  


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