Bug 120351 - cannot boot installation kernel
Summary: cannot boot installation kernel
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Status: CLOSED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dave Jones
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-04-07 22:14 UTC by Jason Gilbert
Modified: 2015-01-04 22:05 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-10-03 00:43:19 UTC
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Description Jason Gilbert 2004-04-07 22:14:14 UTC
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Description of problem:
after booting the CD and seeing the isolinux welcome screen and
hitting 'enter', nothing happens. i had a similar experience when
compiling a 2.6 kernel on FC1. it turned out that if i compiled the
kernel without the VIDEO_SELECT option configured it would work fine.
the motherboard is a tyan thunder k7 s2462 and a matrox G450 AGP
graphics card.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. reboot machine with test2 CD1 or boot.iso
2. get isolinux screen, hit enter to start installation
3. see messages abouting loading image

    

Actual Results:  there is a blank screen with a underscore cursor in
the top left corner

Expected Results:  anaconda to start

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jason Gilbert 2004-05-02 22:06:22 UTC
i found with test3 (and probably applies to test2 as well) that it
wasn't that it won't boot, i just have to wait about 2 minutes and
then it boots. maybe this will help someone. i'm not sure what's
causing the delay, but it just sits on a blank screen with the
underline cursor blinking in the top left corner.

Comment 2 Dave Jones 2004-06-15 00:22:16 UTC
did this get fixed for the final release ?


Comment 3 Jason Gilbert 2004-06-16 22:04:40 UTC
the hang still exists with the 2.6.6-1.435smp kernel that i believe
was just released.

Comment 4 Dave Jones 2004-12-07 05:51:05 UTC
did the fc3 installer work ?


Comment 5 Dave Jones 2005-07-15 20:02:11 UTC
An update has been released for Fedora Core 3 (kernel-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3) which
may contain a fix for your problem.   Please update to this new kernel, and
report whether or not it fixes your problem.

If you have updated to Fedora Core 4 since this bug was opened, and the problem
still occurs with the latest updates for that release, please change the version
field of this bug to 'fc4'.

Thank you.

Comment 6 Dave Jones 2005-10-03 00:43:19 UTC
This bug has been automatically closed as part of a mass update.
It had been in NEEDINFO state since July 2005.
If this bug still exists in current errata kernels, please reopen this bug.

There are a large number of inactive bugs in the database, and this is the only
way to purge them.

Thank you.


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