FC3: Configuring kernel params, starting system logger: *freeze*

[gnychis]

Hey guys,

The default kernel with FC3 is a 2.6 kernel, however I am trying to boot a custom 2.4 kernel, and i've gone through alot of crap to try and get it to work.

I'm very close, but two things are blocking me.

The first is I get "Configuring kernel parameters", and i have to hit ctrl+c to get it to continue

Next it gets to "Starting system logger:" and then freezes, no matter what i hit or do

I've done a search on this on this forum and google, and it seems to be related to X, but no one had a concrete solution that seemed would work for me, IE doing a repair from the boot CD... i'm not sure this is needed since my 2.6.9 still boots perfectly

My guess is i'm missing some sort of video support needed by the 2.4 kernel?

Any ideas?

Thanks!
George

[gnychis]

a little more info... if i take rhgb out of the kernel options, the "Configuring kernel parameters" thing goes away and i no longer have to hit ctrl+c

and then it keeps trying to start X 3 times and seems to fail

then i get:

INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "2" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "3" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "5" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "6" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes

Heres what my screen looks like when X tries to start:

[SHtRO]

The graphical environment on FC3 is not compatible with 2.4 kernels.

[gnychis]

is there a parameter i can pass to the kernel to drop me to a shell instead of starting X?

[gnychis]

ok i figured that one out, i need to add a 3 at the end of my kernel line in grub for runtime level 3

However, i don't get a login prompt like a i do with my 2.6 kernel, and I think it has something to do with this:

/dev/tty1: No such file or directory
/dev/tty2: No such file or directory
...
...
/dev/tty8: No such file or directory

which occurs during bootup. I have devfs enabled in the kernel, so shouldn't it create these?

Thanks!
George