CentOS - Feb 2005 - problem with 4 RC1

Has anyone else had this problem?

On my laptop, I am currently running 3.4, no problems (runs really 
fast). When I formatted and upgraded to 4.0, it made it until the end, 
then locked up at the "preparing for first boot".....

Eventually I had to cold reboot, and it wouldn't load the kernel at 
subsequent boots. Back to 3.4 and working fine. I burned another set of 
CDs thinking it was bad media, but with the same results.

Any ideas if this is a bug?

Ryan wrote:
> 
> Eventually I had to cold reboot, and it wouldn't load the kernel at 
> subsequent boots. Back to 3.4 and working fine. I burned another set of 
> CDs thinking it was bad media, but with the same results.
When you say won't load the kernel, do you mean GRUB locks up or 
something of that nature (ie bad install), or the kernel is initially 
loaded by GRUB, and then locks up part way through the boot procedure?

If it's the latter, Google around for your motherboard/laptop - the new 
2.6 kernel may need a "noapic", "noacpi",
"acpi=off" or somesuch
parameter. Lots of stuff changed down deep in kernel-land.

-te

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