On Friday 01 June 2001 20:19, Al Andersen wrote:
> I've got a Gateway Select computer, 850MHz AMD processor with 128MB.
>
> Linux Mandrake 7.2 installed fine, with no problems.
>
> Linux Mandrake 8.0 also installs fine. However, it won't boot.
>
> It gets *almost* to the "Welcome to Linux Mandrake 8.0" banner and just
> sits there. Everything is locked up at this point, requiring a power down
> of the computer.
>
> I tried using the RESCUE option on the CD to trim some stuff out of
> rc.sysinit. It got me a bit further into the boot process (past the welcome
> banner), but it always locks up.
>
> I thought it was a memory problem, but I saw that someone else with a
> 900+MHz AMD Gateway Select had the same problem, which I haven't seen any
> resolution to.
>
> I've re-installed 7.2 several times now, got a wild idea to try on 8.0, had
> it not work, and then had to pick up the pieces again. I'm getting pretty
> tired of it.
>
> Can anyone help? Can I install 8.0 a piece at a time via the rpm manager?
>
> -Al
Try this:
Install kernel22 as well, and perhaps kernel-linus 2.4.3 Use expert mode
individual package selection and click on the alphabetic presentation to be
able to click on these additional kernels
Install away (remember which partition / and /boot are installed to--in fact
keep /boot in the same partition as /. Let us say for illustration purposes
that it is /dev/hda1
Now instead of trying to boot with the default kernel, boot again with the
install CD, hit F1 and type "rescue" (without the quotes)
When the system comes up
# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt
# chroot /mnt
# mount /usr #*(if you want to run an editor)
# cd /boot
# ls
Check the kernels available, choose 2.2.19 or kernel-linus-2.4.3
# ln -fs vmlinuz-2.2.19-10mdk vmlinuz
# mkinitrd initrd-2.2.19-10mdk.img #***Don't need it if already made check
#***the /boot directory
# ln -fs initrd-2.2.19-10mdk.img initrd.img
# reboot
Take out the CD and see what happens--perhaps another kernel will work well.
We've never had a Gateway to test, so we honestly don't know what they are
doing differently than everyone else.
Civileme
