CentOS - Feb 2006 - new install hang after "setting hostname"

All,

I have a new install. software RAID-1. everything installed normal (2 - 
40 GIG IDE drives)
After install, reboot and the box starts the graphic boot,
then hangs on "setting hostname". After a few minutes it drops out of
graphic install and the last thing on the screen is "Checking root 
filesystem".
It then sets there FOREVER.

Any ideas? I have already re-installed from scatch and get the exact 
same thing.


Jerry

Am Mo, den 13.02.2006 schrieb Jerry Geis um 19:11:
> I have a new install. software RAID-1. everything installed normal (2 - 
> 40 GIG IDE drives)
> After install, reboot and the box starts the graphic boot,
> then hangs on "setting hostname". After a few minutes it drops
out of
> graphic install and the last thing on the screen is "Checking root 
> filesystem".
> It then sets there FOREVER.
> 
> Any ideas? I have already re-installed from scatch and get the exact 
> same thing.
> Jerry
Boot by removing "rhgb quiet" as kernel parameters. This way you get
more and hopefully helping output on console during bootup.

Alexander


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On 2/13/06, Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com>
wrote:
> After install, reboot and the box starts the graphic boot,
> then hangs on "setting hostname". After a few minutes it drops
out of
> graphic install and the last thing on the screen is "Checking root
> filesystem".
> It then sets there FOREVER.
>
> Any ideas? I have already re-installed from scatch and get the exact
> same thing.
Have you checked all of the virtual consoles for any interesting error messages?

Also, #2 (or is it #3) is usually a shell prompt from which you can
perhaps see what is running.


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