Ah, sorry, maybe I wasn't being explicit: I managed to change lilo.conf
and install the new boot (yes, I'm sure, I created new entries instead
of editing the old ones). The result of trying to boot with the
respective entries (noAPIC nopentium) resulted in the same situation
[... - see below].
Bogdan
Marco Romeny wrote:
>maybe instead of just typing "rescue", try
>"rescue devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi nopentium noAPIC"
>or some variants of it. seems like nopentium and noAPIC
>is some good candidates. personally I'd start with just
>"rescue nopentium noAPIC"
>
> not tried, might be wrong, break everything etc. someone
>correct me on this...
>
> /marco
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bogdan Stancescu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 15:20
>Subject: Re: [expert] [Fwd: MDK 9.0 crashes at boot]
>
>
>
>
>>Wow! Thanks for the detailed directions - unfortunately that didn't work
>>either... I get exactly the same results as with the regular boot
>>(marked *** below)... :-(
>>
>>Bogdan
>>
>>E T wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>On Tuesday 15 October 2002 01:12 am, Bogdan Stancescu wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi, E T!
>>>>
>>>>First of all, thanks for taking the time to answer!
>>>>
>>>>No, haven't passed any kind of parameters to lilo.conf -- and yes,
>>>>please, I do need instructions if you have enough time to provide them
>>>>(an URL to a tutorial should be enough if you know any). I seem to have
>>>>selected lilo with graphical menu at install.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>when I say "type" I mean without the quotes
>>>boot from the install cd, type f1 when offered "hit enter to install or
>>>upgrade, or f1 for other options" type "rescue", hit enter, login as root,
>>>type "mount /etc /mnt/etc" hit enter, now the rest depends on what editors
>>>you have installed, so you will have to edit /etc/lilo.conf. in each
>>>different boot "image" section, there "should be a line that says "append
>>>{and some other options}" all append statements must be on only 1 line, and
>>>only the first line (I think, might be the last, anyway 2 append statements
>>>per section would be wrong) is read, and the options are seperated by a space
>>>so
>>>append="quiet devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi" is how one of mine looks. you could
>>>try to have append="quiet devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi nopentium noAPIC"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Anyway, I can't edit /etc/lilo.conf because I can't boot any kind of
>>>>Linux for now!
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance for any kind of recommendation!
>>>>
>>>>Bogdan
>>>>
>>>>E T wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On Monday 14 October 2002 07:42 pm, Bogdan Stancescu wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hello!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Sorry for "spamming" you with this message, but I've also sent it to the
>>>>>>newbie list and I received no reply.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>I just got around to answering the one on the newbie list, do you pass
>>>>>noAPIC or nopentium to the kernel in the lilo.conf append statement? can
>>>>>you? need instructions? can you boot with the install cd? press f1? type
>>>>>rescue? mount the filesystems? edit /etc/lilo.conf?
>>>>>
>>>>>I've been using Linux Mandrake
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>since its 6.0 version, but if I find no solution to this problem I'll
>>>>>>most probably migrate to RedHat because that worked... Not that I want
>>>>>>to, but Mandrake seems not to be working on my machine, so I seem not to
>>>>>>have an alternative...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-------- Original Message --------
>>>>>>Subject: MDK 9.0 crashes at boot
>>>>>>Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 22:05:29 +0300
>>>>>>From: Bogdan Stancescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Hello everybody!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I have an AMD Athlon XP 2000+ CPU on a K7S5A motherboard with AMIBIOS,
>>>>>>if that makes any difference.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I install Mandrake 9.0 ok, but when I reboot and try to boot in Linux I
>>>>>>get:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>***
>>
>>
>>
>>>>>>Running DevFs daemon: [OK]
>>>>>>Unmounting initrd: [OK]
>>>>>>Configuting kernel parameters: [OK]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>***
>>
>>
>>
>>>>>>And that's it - it freezes there. I get exactly the same when I try
>>>>>>booting linux-nonfb, and when I try failsafe I get:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>modprobe: modprobe: Can't find module fb0
>>>>>>Unmounting initrd: [OK]
>>>>>>Configuting kernel parameters: [OK]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>And it freezes again. I thought there may have been a glitch in the
>>>>>>installation, so I tried it again - same results. I even get the X test
>>>>>>working in the installation, so that shouldn't be it...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm absolutely lost at what I should try next, so I'm open to any kind
>>>>>>of suggestions!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I tried looking through the mailing list archives on mandrake.com, but
>>>>>>they're only available up to September, so if this has already been
>>>>>>answered in October, please direct me to a more recent archive or
>>>>>>copy/paste the reply in an e-mail. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thank you!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Bogdan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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