Kyle. You hit the nail on the head on this issue. I really appreciate your help. I got this fixed on the Kickstart install. I'll try the VMware Kickstart install and send an update. Thanks much # mukarram -----Original Message----- From: Mukarram Syed [mailto:muksyed@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 9:40 AM To: 'Discussion list about Kickstart' Subject: RE: Uncompressing Linux booting the kernel...hangs. Thanks Kyle. I'll try that. I have ttyS0 as the console argument like so: label 5 kernel ENTLINUX32_U6/vmlinuz append nofb ks=http://171.67.144.10/ENTLINUX32_U6/Enterprise/ks_el32_u6_asia-base-x-app. cfg initrd=ENTLINUX32_U 6/initrd.img ramdisk_size=10000 lang= devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=9216 ksdevice=eth0 console=ttyS0,9600 ipappend 1 -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kyle Powell Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 8:59 AM To: Discussion list about Kickstart Subject: Re: Uncompressing Linux booting the kernel...hangs. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mukarram Syed wrote: > Hi, > I am sure people would have seen this? > I am trying to Kickstart a Dell PE1850. I have connected a > monitor/keyboard to it. When I Kickstart it I could load the image > (vmlinux and initrd). Then it says: > > Uncompressing Linux?Ok > Booting the kernel > > Then it hangs there. > > Now after a couple of minutes when I type ALT+F3, ALT+F4 etc. going > through the virtual terminals, I see the installation process and then > the Kickstart completes. If the kickstart is completing, then "hangs" is not the right word to use. I think you're issue is caused by a serial console, but not the one you disabled in the BIOS. The output of the kernel and init is going to the serial console instead of the monitor you've got plugged in. Check your kernel boot parameters for something like "console=tty0,ttyS0" and remove it (tty0 is the default). - -- Kyle Powell | Red Hat | Senior Consultant, RHCE -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJd1Rf7pTtanQdBU4RAjCnAJ92+W7T8RB6isvpjxoN3JyMcaoDnwCeOTzD NfxLNq3clNAIn+F2KYwOkWc= =TqoU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
