On 06/03/2011 02:05 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Friday 03 June 2011 12:52:56 n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 wrote: >> On 06/03/2011 11:58 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: >>> On Friday 03 June 2011 09:03:15 n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 wrote: >>>> I can understand why you suggest that, but why does Fedora 14 work? The >>>> failure appears to occur during the kernel start up and Fedora 15 has a >>>> newer kernel, for Live CD, install DVD, and actual installation, and all >>>> fail appear to fail during kernel start up. Perhaps after Fedora 15 has >>>> the next kernel update another install will work. >>> >>> I remember from one of your previous posts that you have a SCSI >>> controller and some device attached in your machine (it was also visible >>> in your smolt profile, IIRC). What is that and what do you have attached >>> there? >>> > [snip] >>> >>> I can suggest the following. Disconnect the SCSI device and try the F15 >>> Live KDE. Does it work? If not, please send some info on where and how >>> it stops (take a picture of the screen, write down what you see on a >>> paper and retype in an e-mail, whatever). Continue disconnecting all >>> unnecessary hardware. The only thing you *need* in a machine is memory, >>> one hard disk, one CD/DVD drive and a video card (and obvious stuff --- >>> a motherboard, processor, power supply, keyboard and monitor). Remove >>> everything else, and try to boot the F15 Live KDE. >>> > [snip] >>> >>> A very important point --- *please* send us *detailed* information on >>> where, how and what fails to work. If you don't have the technical >>> skills to explain the details yourself, take a photo of a screen with a >>> failed boot attempt, and post it. You can use a camera built into your >>> mobile phone (or ask a friend for one), and you can use a working F14 to >>> put it online. >> >> Well I agree that my opinion posts were made out of frustration, wrongly. >> >> If you look at some of my other posts here you will see that I have >> provided further details that detail that the Fedora 15 install DVD, >> Fedora 15 Live KDE CD, and a Fedora 15 install, (by other means), all >> fail in a similar manner, which appears to be requiring multiple SCSI >> reset bus, then core dump, and shows various Advansys calls. > > Ok, so social things aside, have you tried to disconnect the SCSI device and > boot the F15 Live KDE? What is the result? > > Also, you still didn't say which device is attached to the SCSI controller and > what is it used for? Is it a hard disk? A DVD drive? Network equipment? > Something else? Detailed hardware specs could be useful, because someone may > be aware of a potential kernel/driver bug for that particular device, or maybe > know a workaround. Post as many details as you can about it. > > Given that the boot process hangs with a SCSI bus reset, I have a feeling that > this device is the culprit of your problems. Another piece of info would be > useful --- where in the boot process does the SCSI bus reset message appear? > Is it during the kernel booting phase, or after init kicked in? Is the root > partition already remounted r/w, or is it still mounted read-only? If it is > still read-only, there will be no info in the logs. But if it happened after > the r/w remount, you can mount the F15 / partition into some directory of F14, > and look at /mountpoint/var/log/messages and /mountpoint/var/log/boot.log for > further info (/mountpoint is the name of the directory in F14 tree where you > have mounted the F15 / directory). > > Any of those things would be helpful in diagnosing what goes wrong during the > boot. But above all, do try to disconnect the SCSI device altogether and boot > into F15. If that works, do a yum update and see if it pulls in a new kernel, > then reattach the device and try again with the latest kernel. Maybe the > drivers had a bug. > > Come back with as much info as you can collect about this. > > HTH, :-) > Marko > > > Currently nothing is attached to the SCSI controller. So I'm wondering if I actually remove it, the problem will disappear. I'm fairly sure the Fedora 15 install is mostly up to date, as I installed direct from the Fedora repos, release and updates. The SCSI bus reset is in the kernel booting phase I believe. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
