On 01/20/2010 06:15 PM, N James Bridge wrote: > When I boot up into linux kernel 2.6.31.9-174.fc12.x86_64, there is a 2 > minute wait before the boot process starts. I see the grub countdown, > then a flashing underline character in the same large typeface. This is > all that happens for 2 minutes - it looks as though the system has > crashed. Then the font changes to a smaller size and everything goes > normally. > > All previous kernels have worked as expected and I generally use the > previous one to avoid the wait. I have tried removing rhgb and quiet > from the boot file and this does give lots of messages but there is > still the same delay before anything starts to happen. The boot log > doesn't give any clues. I have just installed the latest updates, > including plymouth, and hoped that would make a difference, but no. I > have reported this as a bug, so I am hoping it will go away with the > next kernel! > > Has anybody else had similar problems? >
I've gone through this problem .... after disabling the FDD (flopy disk controller ) in BIOS system runs ok -- °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ Jatin Khatri Registerd Linux user No #501175 www.counter.li.org No M$ -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
