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Thank you. Disabling RHGB fixed the problem. The new kernel booted
fine. Incidentally, I had added a new EIDE dvd burner to the machine.
Maybe this caused the problem? Anyway, I am going to figure out how
to disable RHGB permanently.
Michael :)
On 10/1/05, Dan Widyono <dan@widyono.net> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 01, 2005 at 04:46:24PM -0400, Michael Lazin wrote:
> > I am running rhel 4 WS and I recently installed a new kernel and
> > switched the desktop to KDE. Now the machine will not boot, even
> > using the original kernel.
>
> I agree with Tom, we need more info. I can say this much: the first time
> this happened to me I was stymied because I hadn't thought about the Nvidia
> driver needing to be recompiled. This would not prevent the original kernel
> from loading, though. So, we'll need more info.
>
> > install the driver before I installed redhat. Is there a way to just
> > boot my system bypassing the gui, and boot right into a command line?
>
> Yes, if you're using grub, when the menu appears hit tab or space, type 'e'
> to edit the default entry, select the kernel line, type 'e' to edit it,
> right-arrow to end (I'm sure there's a keyboard shortcut) and add " single".
> If you're using lilo, when the prompt appears type "linux single" replacing
> "linux" with the actual name of the default kernel setup.
>
> Oh, in grub if you first get a swanky GUI boot screen I think you need to hit
> Escape to get to the text menu, or something like that.
>
> Or, get a Knoppix CD which has the appropriate SATA drivers (or rebuild it
> with the necessary drivers).
>
> Regards,
> Dan W.
>
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