[NTLUG:Discuss] MDK 10.1 Boot prob

[Greg Edwards]

Rick Cook wrote:
>>I've got a new install of Mandrake 10.1 (kernel 2.6) that locks up
>>right after the root FS is remounted in R/W mode.  On the boot sequence
>>page, that operation returns OK and no more progress.  The swap mount
>>should be next but it doesn't display the operation being done message.
>> I can run the rescue w/o any problems and mount all of the partitions
>>under /mnt.
> 
> 
> Is the rescue process using the same kernel you have on the installed 
> system? Does it use the same initrd? Are any of the partitions you are 
> mounting under the rescue boot from the SCSI drive?
> 
> 


>>difference. Dropping the SCSI drive in fstab makes no difference.  The
>>acpi and apic settings don't make any difference.
> 
> 
> Have you tried removing the SCSI controller?
> 

I'm pretty sure its not the SCSI controller.  When I boot from the CD and 
run rescue (2.6 kernel) all of the partitions, including the SCSI drive, 
mount correctly (/mnt/...) and I've accessed each w/o any problems.  All 
regular files are on the IDE drive with /boot, swap, and / on different 
partitions.  The SCSI drive has my /server dir as a single partition.

The install goes off without a hitch, loading 2.6 kernel.  I did find that 
my video card is not correct from the auto detection.  It shows up as a 
Riva TNT2 when it's actually a Diamond Viper 770 AGP (Riva TNT).  If you 
watch the sequence MDK runs the module find is right after mounting the 
swap.  I'm thinking that the Riva TNT is not supported correctly (it uses 
Nvidia drivers) and that loading the module is causing it.  The MDK site 
database of supported hardware no longer lists this card as supported.

I'll try pulling the video, then SCSI to see if I can track it down.  MDK 
has gone from a very helpful support site, to a very poor site to get 
answers from, IMHO.

-- 
Greg Edwards
New Age Software, Inc.
Custom software for an off the rack world
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