> > Do you see grub saying "uncompressing kernel..." or whatever that says? > > Grub says... > > root (hd2,2) > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12.4 root=/dev/md0 ro nodma > [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1e00, size=0x1302ff]
May I suggest to try a boot with Gujin bootloader, i.e. put http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/g/gu/gujin/install-1.2.tar.gz/install/boot.144?extract=true on a floppy, or: http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/g/gu/gujin/install-1.2.tar.gz/install/boot.bcd?extract=true on a bootable CDROM and try it? If it is a BIOS probing problem, or early decompression, you can get more information by making a DOS bootable floppy and run this executable: http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/g/gu/gujin/standard-1.2.tar.gz/dbgload.exe?extract=true It will act as the previous bootloader but also save a file named DBG on the floppy where it will write the value of all BIOS parameters given to Linux. If even Gujin misbehaves on accessing the disks, try dbgdisk.exe instead of dbgload.exe to see what is unusual in your BIOS - if it is a BIOS problem at all. Cheers, Etienne. ___________________________________________________________________________ Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger Téléchargez cette version sur http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

