From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; AT&T CSM6.0; Q312461; AT&T CSM7.0) Description of problem: Installed version 8.0 in a new (second) 40GB hard drive. Windows 2000P is on the first hard drive. The system locks up completely during the boot process, after this point: kjournald strating. Commit interval 5 seconds. EXT3-FS: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Freeing unused kernel memory: 212k freed INIT: version 2.84 booting Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.start system 2.select Red Hat Linux 8.0 3. Actual Results: system locks up after screen displays INIT: version 2.84 booting. Have to manually turn off power to PC at this point Expected Results: system should have booted to Red Hat Linux 8.0 Additional info:
can you try adding "apm=off" to the kernel commandline (use "a" in grub to add this, and/or edit the /boot/grub/grub.conf file and add it to the vmlinuz line)
the line prior to what I initially reported was: Mounting root filesystem I used the "a" in grub to add "apm=off", which the resulted in the following screen display (and lock-up): Mounting root filesystem kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k block-major-8, erro = 2 mount: error 6 mount ext3 pivotroot: pivot_root9/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2 unmount /initrd/proc failed: 2 Freeing unused kernel memory: 212k freed Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. also, unlike the first attempt, athe Num Lock and Caps Lock lights were flashing on the keyboard.
Reference Additional Comment #2, the problem still exists. Do you require any additional information from me, or do you have any other suggestions / a fix?
now you actually get less far... could you use the "e" key in grub and add apm=off to the vmlinuz line without removing anything else?
Reference your Comment #4, this worked, and the system now boots as expected. Thanks for your assistance.
can you get me the output of the dmidecode program (part of the kernel-utils rpm)? It will allow me to put your bios on the list of bioses with this bug so that the workaround is automatic in the future ?
Created attachment 89862 [details] dmesg (log file) per your last comment
I can do that if you can tell me what the file names are that you need, and where they are located (I'm very new to Linux). Attached is one of the log files I found, not sure if this is the one you are looking for. During installation, I loaded all packages, and accepted the all default partions.
type (as root) dmidecode > /tmp/dmidecode and then the file is /tmp/dmidecode btw if you want to make the apm setting permanent, open the /boot/grub/grub.conf file in an editor and append it to the line with vmlinuz in it.
Created attachment 89875 [details] dmidecode file dmidecode file attached, per your instructions.
thank you for the information. I've added your bios version to the list of bioses that need to default to no APM for our next release. Are you ok with closing this issue are resolved?
Yes, I feel this should be closed, as my system boots and functions correctly, so this issue is resolved for me. Thanks again for your assistance.