Mandrake 10.1 Freezes when starting!

GameGURU · 08-03-2005, 12:12 AM

Alright, installation went on without a hitch. However when I boot up linux for the LILO boot loader, it says "Booting Linux" and then about 1/16th of the way through...it stops and freezes.

:eek:

macdude425 · 08-03-2005, 01:06 AM

No messages or kernel panic or anything like that?

GameGURU · 08-03-2005, 01:07 AM

Nope, just stops in the middle of loading.

tribalsun · 08-03-2005, 01:22 AM

I know this is gonna sound stupid but I had the same thing happen and all I did to resolve it was hit the enter key repeatedly or hold the enter key for a few seconds. After the initial boot from the install I had no other problems booting up after that. As stated, sounds stupid but it worked.

GameGURU · 08-03-2005, 12:45 PM

Haha, well I will try that I guess.

IntelUser101 · 08-03-2005, 05:02 PM

i didnt know where to put this but..here goes
i try to use partition magic to change my slave drive to linux ext3 and i set active on my master drive(the one i am keeping xp on) and i exit..it stops at 66% on setting my master drive active, and gives me an error.. is there a way i could set my master drive active in like safe mode? or perhaps dos? plz hurry i want to get this done hehe

furtivefelon · 08-04-2005, 10:06 PM

IntelUser101: may be try to create a new topic in the right forum?

there will be no active/inactive drives if one of your primary drive is ext3.. so set everything active and let linux bootloader manage..

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