Description of problem: Could be just my early morning attitude but the main problem is that i wasted a day downloding FC2 to have it say my partition tables are screwed and to leave me no choice but to ignore and not initialize hde and hdg due to fear of loosing my windows or raid array data. install took place and on reboot hangs at hostname... all defualt boot so its x Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):FEDORA CORE2 DVD.iso How reproducible:HAppens everytime I try to reinstall Steps to Reproduce: 1.choose remove existing FC1 install 2.ignore partition table error and dont initialize hde & hdg choose auto partition 3.full install and reboot Actual results: Expected results:A nice new shiny FC2 os up and running Additional info:usb keyboard and mouse.... mouse always detected as ps2... and for gods sake make FC nvidia ready!
ok I got runtime 3 working... all i can tell you is what i see at the point of hanging. mounts root filesystem OK loads default keymap US OK Initializes usb controllers ehci ohci uhci OK mounts usb filesytem OK checking root filesytem hung right there reset button to reboot. so i cant do jack with it right?
removed linux partitions did a little resize with partition magic for a little more room rebooted to dvd again with the "partition tables are fooked"... wouldnt see free space on drive for installation auto rebooted... im pissed thourghly now... but decide to try linux text... it finds empty space and i do autmated partitioning,install completes, reboot, im hung again....................................................... Say so long to Fedora Core 2.... as practical as peeing against the wind. It would be nice... well if it worked but even if it did: To list hd's and partitions prior to the hde needs to be initalized and ALL DATA LOST FOREVER! so one would know that hey thats my NTFS Raid drive... ignore this drive whatever the means. Good day Rich
Assigning to e2fsprogs, as that's the point at which it hung.
Please excuse my disgruntled reply. Upon further trials and errors I removed my Promise Fastrack 100 PCI Raid Controller and rebooted machine successfully. poked around a bit and shut machine down, replaced Raid Card and booted back to Fedora Core 2 runlevel 5 and she sat there a bit long and booted up. I still get a hang once in awhile booting but seems to get by the problem. So it seems that the main problem is getting past first boot.
Are you using this FastTrack controller for a raid array and is your root partition on that array?
Yes it is a Raid 0 with my windows NTFS Partition. No Linux Partitions on it.
Ok I flashed my Plextor DVD writer's firmware from within windows and now I'm hanging at setting up local disks again.I am going to remove the Raid card again so Fedora Core can set things up again. I imagine that will do the trick again as noted above on "first boot". On A side note I notice that upon rebooting from Fedora Core that the Promise Raid Utility has to Spin up my disks in order to recognize/initialize whatever. Raid Utility:...................spin fast.......... raid detected. Whereas rebooting from windows they are detected much faster with no spin up. I would assume this is due to no driver for the card under Fedora Core 2, so that it sits dormant. PS If you get any news on A driver for this card I would much appreciate an email. Thanks Rich
Affiramtive remove card and Fedora Core Handles Hardware change.
Is it hanging at "setting up local disks" in the boot process?
Closed per lack of response. Note that FC2 is not even supported by Fedora Legacy currently.