maybe instead of just typing "rescue", try
"rescue devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi nopentium noAPIC"
or some variants of it. seems like nopentium and noAPIC
is some good candidates. personally I'd start with just
"rescue nopentium noAPIC"
not tried, might be wrong, break everything etc. someone
correct me on this...
/marco
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bogdan Stancescu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 15:20
Subject: Re: [expert] [Fwd: MDK 9.0 crashes at boot]
> 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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