[NTLUG:Discuss] MDK 10.1 Boot prob

[Terry]

Have you tried Mandrake's Live CD?
Might give a clue if it shows errors or fails to load driver(s) etc.

On 4/15/05, Greg Edwards <greg at nas-inet.com> wrote:
> 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
> http://consult.nas-inet.com
> 
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