Description of problem: Boot procedure freezes between setting parameters for hda and entering runlevel 3 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.85-5 How reproducible: Frequently on cold boot Steps to Reproduce: 1. Turn PC on 2. Wait for OK to setting parameters for hda 3. Boot sequence hangs ... Actual results: hangs with cursor in lower left corner Expected results: message saying "Entering runlevel 3" Additional info: The machine is somewhat functional; Ctrl-Alt-Canc reboots and the problem does not occur after reboot. Empirically, the problem seems to occur when booting with kernel-2.4.22-1.2135.nptl but not with kernel-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl, although it might just be luck on my part. The machine has both SCSI and IDE disks.
More information on this: SysVInit does not ACTUALLY freeze. It looks like a freeze because there is no output to the console: if I wait long enough, I get to the login: prompt (still runlevel 3) and all daemons have been started, just without the usual OK output. This is the behavior I am experiencing with kernel-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl and glibc-2.3.2-101.4.
This sounds like a problem with the console= for the kernel pointing at the wrong device. Closing out bugs on older, unsupported releases. Apologies for any lack of response.
Package name is now sysvinit in Fedora.