Jon Nelson on 7 Aug 2006 17:34:14 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] initrd/udev hell...again


sean finney wrote:
> hey jon,
>
> On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 02:25:02PM -0400, Jon Nelson wrote:
>> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.16-2-k7
>> root            (hd0,0)
>> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-2-k7 root=/dev/hda1 acpi=off noapci
>> ro
>> initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16-2-k7
>> savedefault
>> boot
>
> idea #1: try adding noapic to the kernel line.
> idea #2: try to see if the generic 386 kernel works instead
>
>> >From the GRUB website in describing 'boot':
>>
>>     "Boot the OS or chain-loader which has been loaded..."
>>
>> So I would think that it loads correctly.  I guess that points to the
>
> well if it can get to the kernel, it should at least give you the
> loading/uncompressing kernel image line.  something else that might
> be worth trying is
>
> idea #3: check the version of your motherboard firmware/bios and seeing
> if there's some kind of update available.
>

Thanks for the ideas!  I am away at training and will try them when I get
back.

Jon

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