[Bug 40093] Re: Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: xxxxk freed
after waiting about 10 minutes the Ubuntu installation never dropped to a shell. i have the same problem installing Fedora 7 except i can access a shell after 60 seconds. it does not allow me to run that first command you suggested... and there is no /var directory, it doesn't exist. -- Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: k freed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 40093] Re: Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: xxxxk freed
It's been a while since I've installed ubuntu, so I don't remember this issue very well, but I think if you let the computer sit after it hangs, it should eventually drop to a shell. From there you can do some very basic things (enough to get some log files off onto a usb drive) If you could run 'lspci -vv' and 'cat /var/log/syslog' then upload the output, that may help. -Ryan On 8/18/07, charliek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i just updated my BIOS since i found this statement listed in the website below. It addresses a potential issue which might cause a system to exhibit erratic behavior such as a system hang, reboot, blue screen or Kernel Panic (Linux). unfortunately, it did not solve my problem. i am attempting every possible boot option i tried before but they are unsuccessful. http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-52466brandind=504 -- Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: k freed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40093 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: k freed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 40093] Re: Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: xxxxk freed
come to think about it, a BIOS update is possible. i bought this computer from my school because they were getting all new computers. they wiped our the hard drives on the pc's and some of the drivers need to be updated. i'm just not sure how to update the BIOS, or any drivers, without an OS installed.. -- Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: k freed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 40093] Re: Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: xxxxk freed
i just updated my BIOS since i found this statement listed in the website below. It addresses a potential issue which might cause a system to exhibit erratic behavior such as a system hang, reboot, blue screen or Kernel Panic (Linux). unfortunately, it did not solve my problem. i am attempting every possible boot option i tried before but they are unsuccessful. http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-52466brandind=504 -- Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: k freed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 40093] Re: Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: xxxxk freed
It is a bit hard to know without having more information about your hardware. Have you looked for a BIOS update at all? -- Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: k freed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 40093] Re: Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: xxxxk freed
i attempted to install Fedora 7 on the same machine and it also got to the point of booting the kernel and then it hangs. it looks like a hardware compatibility issue. am i just out of luck? this computer was not meant to have linux installed on it? -- Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: k freed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 40093] Re: Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: xxxxk freed
by default: boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=1048576 root=/dev/ram rw quiet splash -- again noting that my computer has 512MB of RAM and not 1GB, and that running a Memory test freezes the computer. thanks for checking back on this old topic. -- Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: k freed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 40093] Re: Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: xxxxk freed
i've tried several combinations including any of the following: mca-pentium no-hlt noapic nolapic gdth=disable:y all without any luck. this IBM does have a pentium processor. -- Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: k freed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 40093] Re: Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: xxxxk freed
i am having the same problem as ryan is describing. by running a regular install the computer hangs after Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel. i tried booting with acpi=ht noapic nolapic. i get to a screen with the ubuntu logo and it says Loading essential drivers .. OK then Mounting file system and nothing follows it. Then a screen shows up with the following. [17179571] BIOS bug, local APIC #0 not detected!... one thing i did notice in the boot options was this line. ramdisk_size=1048576 my computer only has 512MB of memory, not 1 GB. further investigating this issue i restarted the computer and choose Memory Test. a screen with a blue background appears but no numbers are changing. two lines that stick out to me are Pass 0% and Test 52%. pressing c for configuration or esc for reboot does nothing so it appears that the computer froze...which it probably did. i am a beginner when it comes to linux but i do know most of the basic shell commands. any help would be appreciated. -- Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: k freed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 40093] Re: Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: xxxxk freed
Try booting with just nolapic and not with acpi=ht noapic as ryanmbruce indicated that is what worked for him. -- Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: k freed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 40093] Re: Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: xxxxk freed
It gets as far as starting to mount the root file system then the following appears.. Uncompressing Linux.. Ok, booting the kernel. [17179573] BIOS bug, local APIC #0 not detected!... and it hangs there. i am assuming i put that text after the -- in the boot options. -- Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: k freed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 40093] Re: Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: xxxxk freed
charliek, What is the full boot options line you're using? -Ryan On 8/14/07, charliek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It gets as far as starting to mount the root file system then the following appears.. Uncompressing Linux.. Ok, booting the kernel. [17179573] BIOS bug, local APIC #0 not detected!... and it hangs there. i am assuming i put that text after the -- in the boot options. -- Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: k freed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40093 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: k freed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 40093] Re: Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: xxxxk freed
We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and feel free to submit bug reports in the future. ** Changed in: Ubuntu Assignee: (unassigned) = Brian Murray Status: Needs Info = Rejected -- Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: k freed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 40093] Re: Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: xxxxk freed
ryanmbruce: do you still have this problem? ** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: Unconfirmed = Needs Info -- Cannot install, hangs after Freeing initrd memory: k freed https://launchpad.net/bugs/40093 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
