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On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Harry Putnam<reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Roy Wright <roy@××××××.org> writes: |
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> [...] |
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>>> I really have no idea what to change when I boot off the install |
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>>> media. |
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>> So you have grub installed, the grub menu appears, you select a boot |
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>> option, boot starts, the usual kernel messages flash by, you get to the |
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>> second part of the boot where the lines look like: |
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>> blah... [OK] |
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>> Then something goes crazy. |
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> Yes, just the first few `blah [ok]' lines... maybe 3. |
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>> Assuming that's the scenario, boot with your install media, enter the |
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>> chroot, then take a peek at the logs in /var/log. Hopefully you can |
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>> find |
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>> a hint. |
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> |
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> In progress on you suggestion now. |
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> But no syslog is running in the chroot.(is it?) But still looking |
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> around. |
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> And just incase its something related to the newest kernel I've |
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> downgraded to 2.6.29-r2 and building from an old .config of 2.6.28. |
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> (not genkernel on this one) |
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I think he was hoping that you would find something in your |
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chroot/var/log/messages file or something like that. boot from the CD, |
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mount the hard drive like you were doing an install, and then poke |
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around and see if anything got written and is still there. Just |
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hunting for clues. |
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Do you have a digital camera? If so maybe it's fast enough to capture |
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the screen while it's scrolling and make the message semi-readable |
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even though they aren't to your eyes? |
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