Jake, Jake Moe <jakesaddr...@gmail.com> writes:
> I've just completed a fresh Gentoo installation on a new laptop, and > strangely, after I choose the entry from the Grub screen, all I get is: > > Booting `Gentoo Linux 2.6.32-r7` > > root (hd0,1) > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > kernel /kernel-2.6.32-gentoo-r7 root=/dev/sda4 > [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x3000, size=0x1ab020] > > It then sits there. No error, no other messages. The hard drive light > stops, and the Num Lock and Caps Lock keys don't respond. If I press > the power button, it immediately turns off. > > The laptop is a HP 8440p and I've installed amd64. I've followed the > install guide, and the hard drive has Windows, EXT2 /boot, swap, EXT3 / > on it. I've compiled EXT2, EXT3 and SATA AHCI into the kernel. > > Does anyone have any idea what I've forgotten or missed? If you need > more info, let me know. Thanks for any help you can give. I had a similar problem about 6 weeks or so ago. It turned out that the hardware (a Dell Optiplex 320) and Grub were incompatible in some way. I installed Lilo instead, and everything now works fine. So, try searching on your specific hardware to see if this is a known problem. Roger
