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johnfw
2006-04-20, 01:46 PM CDT
I apparently installed FC5
successfully. However on the first boot it stalled as it began loading udev and remained so however long I waited.

I have 1GB of Memory and believe this may be part of the problem. I have used memtest86 and have no memory problems with other linux systems.The Mandriva 2006 release provides kernels for 1GB and 4GB

When running the installer program it stalled before loading Anaconda unless a parameter of 'linux mem=896M' or less was passed. A parameter of 1024M also stalled.

Can a similar parameter be passed to the program kernel and more importantly how would it be done?

If there is no solution I shall, like many others, go away for a few months and hope for a patched ISO kernel. I can do little if I can't boot the system.When running the installer program it stalled before loading Anaconda unless a parameter of 'linux mem=896M' or less was passed. A parameter of 1024M also stalled.

Can a similar parameter be passed to the program kernel and more importantly how would it be done?

If there is no solution I shall, like many others, go away for a few months and hope for a patched ISO kernel. I can do little if I can't boot the system.

tashirosgt
2006-04-20, 02:56 PM CDT
Yes, you can pass parameters to the boot kernel. When you see the grub screen come up, quickly press a key. There are directions for editing the lines. Add things like noapci nousb etc. onto the end of the line boot...vmlinuz.... Dog-One posted a list of parameters useable on the installer kernel. I think they can also be used on the boot kernel.
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=25826

If you are familiar with one of the commandline editors like joe or vi, and can boot from the rescue cd, you can edit the lines of /boot/grub/grub.conf (or /mnt/sysimage/boot/grub/grub.conf if you don't chroot).

johnfw
2006-04-21, 01:53 PM CDT
Thanks tashirosgt

I posted a mem=512M parameter to the boot kernel and booted without a problem. Any value up to 896 will work.

This may be useful to people with 1GB+ who are unable to boot after an apparently successful install.

johnfw