Messages in this thread | | | From | David Balazic <> | Subject | Grub 1 troubleshooting, linux boot delayed problem | Date | Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:48:13 +0200 |
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Hi!
I found no other place, so I'll ask here.
I have a problem booting linux with grub ( v 0.9.something ).
I use the commands ( in the grub shell that boots from my HD ): root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.xxx ro root=dev/hda2 initrd /initrd-2.xxx boot
After entering the "boot" command, the screen is cleared and then nothing happens for 93 seconds. After that linux boot normally ( beginning with the message "Uncompressing linux..." and so on ). If I trim the kernel command line to only "kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.xxx ro" , then the delay is 10 seconds.
If I change the operating mode of the IDE adapter in BIOS to RAID, then the delay is infinite ( I waited 8 hours ). Note that GRUB still loads andit can browse and "cat" files on the disk, so it is not a disk access problem.
Can someone tell me how to find out what GRUB is doing after the "boot" command ? I tried to run "debug on" first, but it makes no change at all.
Maybe this is a linux kernel problem.
Any help appreciated !
Regards, David Balažic
P.S.: It is a Fedora Core 2 system, the exact version numbers are grub-0.94-5 , kernel-2.6.5-1.358
P.P.S.: I know this is Red Hat related, but my question is general : What is happening between the GRUB "boot" command and linux printing "Uncompressing linux..." ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- http://noepatents.org/ Innovation, not litigation ! --- David Balazic mailto:david.balazic@hermes.si HERMES Softlab http://www.hermes-softlab.com Zagrebska cesta 104 Phone: +386 2 450 8851 SI-2000 Maribor Slovenija ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- "Be excellent to each other." - Bill S. Preston, Esq. & "Ted" Theodore Logan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------
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