From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OPCVY-0000Ky-0Y for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:39:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B7475E0B74; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:38:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fitzgerald.ucs.mun.ca (mx5.mun.ca [134.153.232.57]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DE1FE0B74 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:38:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from perthite.esd.mun.ca (perthite.esd.mun.ca [134.153.36.125]) by fitzgerald.ucs.mun.ca (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id o5HAcfID006675 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:08:41 -0230 Received: from perthite.esd.mun.ca (perthite.esd.mun.ca [134.153.36.125]) by perthite.esd.mun.ca (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id o5HAcfKg006369 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:08:41 -0230 From: Roger Mason To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Boot hangs after install, no error References: <4C1958B9.4000903@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:08:41 -0230 In-Reply-To: <4C1958B9.4000903@gmail.com> (Jake Moe's message of "Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:05:29 +1000") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.002004 (2008-01-01) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-11.3 required=4.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,GMAILADDRESS,USER_IN_WHITELIST version=3.2.4 X-Spam-Report: -10 USER_IN_WHITELIST From: address is in the user's white-list * -1.4 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP * 0.1 GMAILADDRESS RAW: Mentions a gmail email address X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 134.153.232.57 X-Archives-Salt: 17271a58-54fd-4eab-a415-e33fa4a4ef5f X-Archives-Hash: 50233c743021a4a22877d4f1ba5d97d5 Jake, Jake Moe writes: > I've just completed a fresh Gentoo installation on a new laptop, and > strangely, after I choose the entry from the Grub screen, all I get is: > > Booting `Gentoo Linux 2.6.32-r7` > > root (hd0,1) > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > kernel /kernel-2.6.32-gentoo-r7 root=/dev/sda4 > [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x3000, size=0x1ab020] > > It then sits there. No error, no other messages. The hard drive light > stops, and the Num Lock and Caps Lock keys don't respond. If I press > the power button, it immediately turns off. > > The laptop is a HP 8440p and I've installed amd64. I've followed the > install guide, and the hard drive has Windows, EXT2 /boot, swap, EXT3 / > on it. I've compiled EXT2, EXT3 and SATA AHCI into the kernel. > > Does anyone have any idea what I've forgotten or missed? If you need > more info, let me know. Thanks for any help you can give. I had a similar problem about 6 weeks or so ago. It turned out that the hardware (a Dell Optiplex 320) and Grub were incompatible in some way. I installed Lilo instead, and everything now works fine. So, try searching on your specific hardware to see if this is a known problem. Roger