Never-ending boot progress
Tim Clarke
Tim.Clarke at manifest.co.uk
Thu Feb 12 15:33:44 UTC 2009
> -----Original Message-----
> So I take it that the summary of the problem is:
> 'I do an install and when I reboot the system it just keeps
> rebooting, because
> the _install_failed_ to install all the stuff init needs to
> get going.'
>
> [A standard Red Hat\Fedora fault, since RH6, when anaconda
> blows a fuse.]
>
> Suggestion 1, see if the anaconda log[1] shows anything interesting.
>
> Suggestion 2, see if there are any anaconda bugs that look
> similar in the
> bugzilla.
> Suggestion 2.5, if the anaconda log[1] shows any failures or
> other interesting
> things, and there are no similar open bugs, consider opening
> a BZ Bug against
> anaconda and inserting the log in the Bug, or if there is a
> similar one add
> your comments and log to it.
>
> Suggestion 3, somewhere in this thread you mentioned 'a
> failure to load
> agpgart', so I suggest trying to install in text mode, and
> change to X mode
> after install.
>
>
> [1] IIRC /root/anaconda.log or /var/log/anaconda.[something]
> of the installed
> system, or /var/log/[something, I think messages] of the
> install system while
> installing.
>
>
> --
> Todd Denniston
> Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
> Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter
Nicely summed up, Todd, and thanks.
1) Nothing in the anaconda logs apart from that agpgart issue.
2+2.5) I haven't been able to find anything that looks like an
appropriate anaconda in the current bug list. I'll see if I can start
one post 3 below.
3) Once i've got to the grub prompt during the installation i type
"linux textmode" and it gaily starts the installer graphically. Wth?
Tim Clarke
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