[CentOS] CentOS 4.4 on Dell PE 6400 - not rebooting ...

[Joe Kazura]

ROFL ...

BTW - RHEL 4 CD's will boot this 6400 and I can go through all of the  
installations screens (yes - in gui mode, see note below) and  
regardless of HOW the disks are partitioned AND with or with out  
logical volumes.  The system CHOKES big time either right after  
formatting the last of /var or immediately following - any logs that  
would normally be created are non-existent or useless due to the  
timing of the CHOKING.

CHOKES, CHOKED, CHOKING:
    = system completely unresponsive, gui cursor has stopped  
'spinning', caps lock non-functional, Ctrl-Alt-Del non-functional.   
Pressing and holding the POWER BUTTON until a forced re-boot occurs  
is the ONLY way I've been able to get the system back.

NOTE - GUI: I've tried text install and gui - it matters not, other  
than I get visual feedback with the gui - the logs being useless.

So does anyone have any ideas for solving my Dell issue?

Thanks - Joe Kazura



On Feb 23, 2007, at 12:18 PM, Drew Weaver wrote:

> He would have a point if the bugs that I was refering to actually
> appeared in RHEL 4, which they don't at least not for me.
>
> But that's alright, there are lots of Linux distributions out  
> there :-)
>
> -Drew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
> Behalf Of Jim Perrin
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 12:12 PM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS 4.4 on Dell PE 6400 - not rebooting ...
>
>> You are correct ... if the bug is upstream ... and if we CLONE the
>> upstream package ... so that our distribution ACTS and WORKS exactly
>> LIKE upstream ... WHICH IS OUR _MAIN_GOAL_ ... and the whole purpose
>> of this frickin distribution ... then:
>
>
> Down boy... DOWN!
>
>> YES
>> IT IS OK THEN.
>
> HEEL!
>
>
>> Please read this:
>>
>> http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=5
>>
>> If you have problems comprehending any of it, please ask for
> clarification.
>
>
> SIT, STAY!....
>
> nice doggy........
>
>
> DO NOT ANGER THE HAPPY FUN JOHNNY!
>
>
>
> /I suppose I should hide now after this....
>
> --
> During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a
> revolutionary act.
> George Orwell
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