Wow! Thanks for the detailed directions - unfortunately that didn't work
either... I get exactly the same results as with the regular boot
(marked *** below)... :-(
Bogdan
E T wrote:
>On Tuesday 15 October 2002 01:12 am, Bogdan Stancescu wrote:
>
>
>>Hi, E T!
>>
>>First of all, thanks for taking the time to answer!
>>
>>No, haven't passed any kind of parameters to lilo.conf -- and yes,
>>please, I do need instructions if you have enough time to provide them
>>(an URL to a tutorial should be enough if you know any). I seem to have
>>selected lilo with graphical menu at install.
>>
>>
>when I say "type" I mean without the quotes
>boot from the install cd, type f1 when offered "hit enter to install or
>upgrade, or f1 for other options" type "rescue", hit enter, login as root,
>type "mount /etc /mnt/etc" hit enter, now the rest depends on what editors
>you have installed, so you will have to edit /etc/lilo.conf. in each
>different boot "image" section, there "should be a line that says "append
>{and some other options}" all append statements must be on only 1 line, and
>only the first line (I think, might be the last, anyway 2 append statements
>per section would be wrong) is read, and the options are seperated by a space
>so
> append="quiet devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi" is how one of mine looks. you could
>try to have append="quiet devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi nopentium noAPIC"
>
>
>
>>Anyway, I can't edit /etc/lilo.conf because I can't boot any kind of
>>Linux for now!
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any kind of recommendation!
>>
>>Bogdan
>>
>>E T wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Monday 14 October 2002 07:42 pm, Bogdan Stancescu wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello!
>>>>
>>>>Sorry for "spamming" you with this message, but I've also sent it to the
>>>>newbie list and I received no reply.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>I just got around to answering the one on the newbie list, do you pass
>>>noAPIC or nopentium to the kernel in the lilo.conf append statement? can
>>>you? need instructions? can you boot with the install cd? press f1? type
>>>rescue? mount the filesystems? edit /etc/lilo.conf?
>>>
>>>I've been using Linux Mandrake
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>since its 6.0 version, but if I find no solution to this problem I'll
>>>>most probably migrate to RedHat because that worked... Not that I want
>>>>to, but Mandrake seems not to be working on my machine, so I seem not to
>>>>have an alternative...
>>>>
>>>>-------- Original Message --------
>>>>Subject: MDK 9.0 crashes at boot
>>>>Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 22:05:29 +0300
>>>>From: Bogdan Stancescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Hello everybody!
>>>>
>>>>I have an AMD Athlon XP 2000+ CPU on a K7S5A motherboard with AMIBIOS,
>>>>if that makes any difference.
>>>>
>>>>I install Mandrake 9.0 ok, but when I reboot and try to boot in Linux I
>>>>get:
>>>>
>>>>
***
>>>>Running DevFs daemon: [OK]
>>>>Unmounting initrd: [OK]
>>>>Configuting kernel parameters: [OK]
>>>>
***
>>>>
>>>>And that's it - it freezes there. I get exactly the same when I try
>>>>booting linux-nonfb, and when I try failsafe I get:
>>>>
>>>>modprobe: modprobe: Can't find module fb0
>>>>Unmounting initrd: [OK]
>>>>Configuting kernel parameters: [OK]
>>>>
>>>>And it freezes again. I thought there may have been a glitch in the
>>>>installation, so I tried it again - same results. I even get the X test
>>>>working in the installation, so that shouldn't be it...
>>>>
>>>>I'm absolutely lost at what I should try next, so I'm open to any kind
>>>>of suggestions!
>>>>
>>>>I tried looking through the mailing list archives on mandrake.com, but
>>>>they're only available up to September, so if this has already been
>>>>answered in October, please direct me to a more recent archive or
>>>>copy/paste the reply in an e-mail. :)
>>>>
>>>>Thank you!
>>>>
>>>>Bogdan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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