configuring kernel parameters - hang

From: Ian Marr (i.marr_at_btclick.com)
Date: 12/31/04

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Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:28:55 -0000

    On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 16:13:10 -0500 Kevin Connolly at Mindspring wrote:

    > I just talked a friend of mine into Linux (FC3). He loaded it up on a
    Gateway

    > G4 400Mhz fairly stock box w/ a 10G drive. When it starts up it hangs on

    > "Configuring Kernel Parameters". Anyone have any ideas on how to correct
    it?

     

    I have just suffered from the same problem on a similar old Gateway PII
    300-MHz box with a RIVA128 Graphics Card. A friend advised me to remove the
    Red Hat Graphical Boot (rhgb) option on start up - this cures the problem
    and allows the system to boot. Unfortunately the X Server can't start so I
    assume the RIVA128 card isn't supported (I'll solve that separately) but at
    least I can log in now.

     

    I removed the rhgb setting by hitting <enter> as grub is booting, selecting
    the Linux kernel I want to boot, hitting <a> to amend the entry, deleting
    "rhgb" from the boot command and letting it continue. I then removed the
    same entry in /etc/grub.conf when I could login.

     

    I hope this helps someone else.

     

    Ian.

     

    P.S. Thanks to CGB for the advice. 

    


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