Bogdan Stancescu wrote:
> Ah, sorry, maybe I wasn't being explicit: I managed to change
> lilo.conf and install the new boot (yes, I'm sure, I created new
> entries instead of editing the old ones). The result of trying to boot
> with the respective entries (noAPIC nopentium) resulted in the same
> situation [... - see below].
>
> Bogdan
What hardware do you have in your K7S5A motherboard?
1. Soundcard , have you tried removing one of these to see if you can
boot system?
2. NIC
3 etc
Larry
>
>
> Marco Romeny wrote:
>
>> 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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