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05-08-2006, 09:37 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2006
Distribution: fedora core 4 and 5
Posts: 5
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boot to kernel hangs
hello all. i have a issue here on a 300 series IBM eserver. i loaded fedora core 5 on it and when i got to reboot after a (several) install the system hangs on uncompressing linux... ok, booting to kernel. i have tried diffrent partitions to install on and also pulled grub out just incase but still nothing booting. any ideas would be great.
IBM eserver
40 gig hd
512 ram
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05-10-2006, 08:09 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Sep 2005
Location: West Virginia
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 1,249
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Are you using a stock kernel or did you compile it yourself? Sounds perhaps like it configured wrong.
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05-10-2006, 02:22 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2006
Distribution: fedora core 4 and 5
Posts: 5
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it is the stock kernel, right from the frdora web site.
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05-10-2006, 03:54 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Sep 2005
Location: West Virginia
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 1,249
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Does it boot live CDs? Like Knoppix or Slax? If so maybe you should just try a different distro. Thats the best advice I can honestly give you. Sorry.
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05-11-2006, 10:56 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2006
Distribution: fedora core 4 and 5
Posts: 5
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it will boot a live cd. i have tired slack and a older version of mandy but still not luck. the realy funny thing is that it will take a windows instal with no issues what so ever(2k advanced server). i have never seen a flaky eserver 300 before but there must be some hardware hang up that is causing the issue. o well, i guess i'm stuck with windows or i could try a red had 9 set i got laying around the shop.
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05-12-2006, 08:21 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Sep 2005
Location: West Virginia
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 1,249
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I have you tried a BSD? I haven't personally, but they are mainly used for servers and I've been told they are better with hardware detection and such. I've give it a look before you give up totally.
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