On 12/1/05, Phil Schaffner <Philip.R.Schaffner@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Anyone else having problems with 4.2 with the boot hanging at
>
> Initializing hardware... storage network
>
> ?
>
> Booting to single user or typing 'I' for interactive startup does not
> help. Not a timeout problem - hangs 'forever' - days at least. Did a
> complete reinstall and rebooted OK, did updates and the boot started
> hanging again. Same problem with either the 4.2 standard installed
> kernel-2.6.9-22 or the updated 2.6.9-22.0.1.106.unsupported kernel.
>
> May be related to audio as that is the next thing to be initialized
> after network. Looks like BZ 172920
>
Odd as it sounds, this happened to me a while back and it was a
hardware issue. I had a bad audio cable in the system that wasn't
getting a proper connection due to a severed wire. I chalked it up to
me not checking my hardware properly on build.
>
--
Jim Perrin
System Architect - UIT
Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center
