FC8 won't boot after installation

[KPatch]

After each of five fresh installations, the system won't boot. After the message:
"Uncompressing Linux...ok, booting the kernel."
nothing happens...

Where do I even begin?

[ivancat]

check this topic, maybe you have similar problem
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=184250

[Nokia]

Select the kernel line, press e to edit the line and move to the right with right arrow and delete rhbg and quiet.

Press Enter and b to boot.

Write down and post the output here.

[KPatch]

Originally Posted by ivancat

check this topic, maybe you have similar problem
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=184250

OK...I read the post, played around with GRUB and got it to boot.

This is what I did:
- at the GRUB menu, highlighted the Fedora option (WinXP) is the other.
- I noticed rootnoverify was set to (hd0,0)
- like the user in the referenced post, my boot partition was elsewhere on the disc, so I changed to (hd0,7)
- after a failed attempt to boot, a re-entry into the GRUB menu, rootnoverify was replaced with root (hd0,7)
- I highlighted root (hd0,7), pressed 'b' and voilà!...it booted

A subsequent reboot revealed that I need to do the each time I boot.

I'd love to make the changes stick, but, I really have no idea what I did, so.................

[Nokia]

Boot again, open a terminal and post

su -l

fdisk -l

cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

[KPatch]

Originally Posted by Nokia

Boot again, open a terminal and post

[kpatch____@localhost ~]$ su -l

[root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf065f065

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 2550 20482843+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 2551 14592 96727365 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 2551 4462 15358108+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 4463 8924 35840983+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 8925 10768 14811898+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda8 10769 10793 200781 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 10794 14592 30515436 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb616c48f

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 25 200781 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 26 9729 77947380 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/dm-0: 29.1 GB, 29125246976 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3540 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/dm-1: 2080 MB, 2080374784 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 252 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x30307800

Disk /dev/dm-1 doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/dm-2: 77.6 GB, 77678510080 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9443 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/dm-2 doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/dm-3: 2080 MB, 2080374784 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 252 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x30307800

Disk /dev/dm-3 doesn't contain a valid partition table
[root@localhost ~]# cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,7)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup01/LogVol00
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sdb
default=2
timeout=10
#hiddenmenu
splashimage=(hd0,7)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Fedora (2.6.24.3-50.fc8)
root (hd0,7)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.24.3-50.fc8 ro root=/dev/VolGroup01/LogVol00
initrd /initrd-2.6.24.3-50.fc8.img
title Fedora (2.6.23.1-42.fc8)
root (hd0,7)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 ro root=/dev/VolGroup01/LogVol00
initrd /initrd-2.6.23.1-42.fc8.img
title WindowsXP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
[root@localhost ~]#

[KPatch]

BTW....thanks

[Nokia]

So you're OK now ? (if I understand correctly)

[KPatch]

No, not exactly...GRub doesn't locate the files it needs...I have to manually intervene each time....

[Nokia]

I'm not sure what you did and where to boot, but try changing root statement to

root (hd0,8)

although I'm not sure is right. Do it at boot time first

[KPatch]

No, it didn't anything...made things a little worse actually

[ivancat]

as I get you can boot but have to change parameters each time you enter grub...
you can edit grub config and you won't have to any more:

su -
cd /boot/grub
nano grub.conf

after that you edit your fedora settings