Rebooting after GRUB - Driving me crazy!

icecube2 · n00b Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Posts: 5

This is the story:

The other day i installed RC2 I586 Stage 3 Tarball on my K6-2, and right after the GRUB OS Selection menu thing it just reboots, and in a continuous loop.

So i tryed RC2 Stage 3 i586 again, the same problem.

and now ive just tried installing with the RC1 K62 Stage 3 Tarball, and the exact same problem.

Can someone please take me out of my misery and help me sort this before im bald as a coot?

thanks,

.icecube

C_Hird · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 9:04 pm Post subject: Constant rebooting

I had the very same problem. I fixed it by making sure I edited the /etc/make.conf correctly.

I didnt set the correct CHOST parameter I had i686_pc_linux_gnu with a pentium-mmx. I also set the march parameter to just i586. After iset these to i586_pc_linux_gnu and pentium-mmx I managed to get past this stage.

Chris.. :wink:

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gilesjuk

post your hard disk partition layout and your grub.conf first.

a reboot sounds like a config problem.

C_Hird · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 9:24 pm Post subject: Another thought

I also changed from grub to lilo config. It may have been this which made the difference?

I just took the lilo.conf.???? in /etc, editied it to meet my requirements.

Maybe this is what made the difference??

Chris... :wink:

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gilesjuk · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 9:35 pm Post subject: Re: Another thought

You mean you've replaced grub with lilo?

ps. Lilo is different to grub in that you need to run it after you make any config changes.

C_Hird · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 9:39 pm Post subject: Sorry

Yes I replaced grub with lilo.

I dont know if it was this that resolved the problem but I suspect it may have been?

Chris.. :wink:

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icecube2 · n00b Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Posts: 5

im in the process of reinstalling gentoo...

im going to do the make.conf changes and try grub, if the same problem ill try lilo and see what happens.

thanks for the help guys,

.icecube

icecube2 · n00b Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Posts: 5

i just installed with the correct i586 in make.conf and i am using LILO, but exactly the same, it just reboots.

this is very annoying.

thanks,

.icecube

hjlane3 · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 1:58 am Post subject:

I'm having the same exact problem, except i'm using a P1 266mhz mmx laptop, and am using the i586 stage 3 tarball

icecube2 · n00b Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Posts: 5

as i said in my first post, im having this problem with the i586 Stage 3 and the K6.2 RC1 Stage 3.

Maybe a stage 2 install would sort things out, but im on 56k, i may try it today though.

Has anyone got any other ideas on whats the problem and how it may be fixed?

thanks,

.icecube

Mimamau · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 1:15 pm Post subject:

you should also check of your kernel is compiled for the right cpu.

icecube2 · n00b Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Posts: 5

i looked into that but there was no actual option, only Pentium III/Celeron and it was a menu "title"

im installing Gentoo RC2 on my Athlon XP now, that worked fine last time so hopefully it will now.

thanks guys,

.icecube

C_Hird · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 5:09 pm Post subject: Pentium selection

HI

You can change that by pressing select with it highlighted, it took me some time to figure that one out.
I now have it booting but problems with the network etc so will be trying again Monday. I have had enough of this for now.

Chris.. :cry:

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