[CentOS] Boot/init problem with IBM Netfinity 4500

[Johnny Hughes]

On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 12:43 +0100, Will McDonald wrote:
> I hope the CentOS people don't mind me cross-posting for their input.
> 
> I've just done a clean, text-mode minimal  WBEL4 install on an IBM
> Netfinity 4500, essentially the same hardware as an xSeries 340.
> 
> The install went fine but now the box will boot, run through the
> initrd init sequence, perform its switchroot then hang here...
> 
> SELinux: Initializing.
> SELinux: Starting in permissive mode
> 
> I don't think it's an SELinux issue though, booting with selinux=0 the
> system just hangs after the switchroot because it's not initializing
> SELinux at all. It's what's coming next that's causing the problem.
> 
> On a working system (different hardware) the next stage is INIT...
> 
> INIT: version 2.85 booting
> 
> I've tried adding some debug echo lines into rc.sysinit incase it's
> something in there causing the problem but the init process doesn't
> appear to be getting that far. So, somewhere between the initrd's
> switchroot and spawning INIT something's broke.
> 
> It'll boot into rescue mount and I can chroot into the root filesystem
> and everything in there seems to be as it should. I've tried booting
> with selinux=0, noapic and noprobe with no change.
> 
> Where next? All suggestions appreciated.
> 

try it with:

nousb


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