Fedora 9 2.6.26 kernels doesn't boot

[ogre_x]

On my rig - P4 3.2 (IBM intellistation M) the 2.6.26 kernels doesn't boot. It just stops at the text 'Booting kernel'.


The kernel for F10 beta works (2.6.27...) and all F9 kernels before 2.6.26-3.

Anyone knows what's going on?

[axet]

chage boot arguments to "vga=791" and take a screen shot by your digital cam.

[ogre_x]

No need for a screen shot - only text:

Decompressing Linux... Parsing ELF... done.
Booting the kernel.

Then nothing happens.

[axet]

try to remove "rhgb quiet" options

[ogre_x]

Now it says a little more. It stops after isa pnp detection. see attached image.

[axet]

when i had similar problem, first things what i tried is build git kernel version + fedora config.

to do that, boot to previous kernel version and type:

git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git
cd linux-*
make xconfig
# then in load config menu choise, /boot/config-2.6.26.[your version], then:
make
make modules_install
make install

and try to boot with git kernel. after it we can post bug report to kernel.org

[ambro23]

I'm having exactly the same problem...

[savageCW]

try to remove "rhgb quiet" options

Thanks mate ^^ the above trick worked for me. (using ASUS A8JM notebook)

Cheers