Can´t boot FC4

[gpenagos]

Hi

I´ve installed FC4 succesfully on a sony vaio fjs1 laptop. The installer detected the hardware (SATA HDD, dvd, etc...). Now when I try to boot it hangs on:

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Booting Fedora Core 4
Press "I" for interactive startup

etc
etc
etc

Starting udev .........................[OK]

Initializing hardware... storage network

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I tried to start an interactive startup by pressing "I" but it seems to be too soon to be started.

I have a dual boot system with ubuntu and I can access the fedora partition, maybe there are some logs to be reviewed in order to find when it hangs and why.

Can you please help me booting FC4, I´m getting crazy with this.

Thanks in advance
Regards
Blas

[Simon Bridge]

Take a look in syslog.

You want to try the interactive startup before it hangs.

It hangs on hardware - storage network? Probably it is the bit just after that which gives the trouble.

BTW: Ubuntu is a better laptop distro than FC in many ways.

[Saltfish]

I'm having the same trouble with FC4 as well. After installing and doing the inital reboot, it hangs after:
Booting 'Fedora Core (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4)'
etc...
etc...
Starting udev: [ OK ]
Initalizing hardware... storage network
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Can someone please shead some light on this issue. I tried installing it a couple of times and get stuck at the same point.

Thanks in advance.

[Saltfish]

I managed to figure out how to get pass thatt freeze. At the boot up screen, edit the commands that is passed to the kernel by first highlighting FC4 then press 'e' then go to the kernel and add these commands to the line. "acpi=off apm=off" rhgb quiet.

[Saltfish]

My problem now is that i have to keep doing that everytime i reboot the laptop. How do i make it so that i don't have to keep adding "acpi=off amp = off" to the kernel at boot time. In other words, how can i make it automated or prevent it from freezing all the time?

Thanks in advance.

[Simon Bridge]

Originally Posted by Saltfish

My problem now is that i have to keep doing that everytime i reboot the laptop. How do i make it so that i don't have to keep adding "acpi=off amp = off" to the kernel at boot time. In other words, how can i make it automated or prevent it from freezing all the time?

Thanks in advance.

No sweat

# gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf

look for an entry like this:

title Fedora Core (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4)
	root (hd0,0)
	kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
	initrd /initrd-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.img

... add what commands you need at the end of the line that starts "kernel".

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet acpi=off amp=off

- this will switch off your power management options - fine on a desktop if you don't mind your fan going all the time

[alloy008]

Originally Posted by Saltfish

I managed to figure out how to get pass thatt freeze. At the boot up screen, edit the commands that is passed to the kernel by first highlighting FC4 then press 'e' then go to the kernel and add these commands to the line. "acpi=off apm=off" rhgb quiet.

Ive read youre solution and I'm about to try it but im not sure how to go about editng w/e i need to edit...

Thanks fro your help in advance

~alloy008

[panamaszr12]

Here is some detailed info that may help.
If you can't get FC4 to boot do this
While your system is booting and you see the text loading fc4 version x.x.x. What ever your version is then hit enter then hit a on the key board. The screen will change , now hit the space bar once and type in acpi= off amp=off then hit enter on your key board.

Your system should boot now
Then you will need to add this are to your system

In FC4 go to Applications then System tools then terminal.
When the terminal opens type in SU hit enter then type in your root password
and hit enter. Then type in gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf you will see a screen pop up and you will need to edit the page in the area that looks something like this. I have put the text in bold that you will need to add acpi=noirq. This text will also enable your battery to show up properly if it isn't working. Now save the page and close it and the terminal then reboot to see if all went well.

[your name@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost your name]# gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf

# 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 (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
#hiddenmenu
title Fedora Core (2.6.15-1.1831_FC4)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4 ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb quiet acpi=noirq
initrd /initrd-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.img