Re: [SLUG] Boot Problem

From: Glenn Meyer (glenn@glennmeyer.com)
Date: Wed Mar 16 2005 - 18:07:47 EST


When I add this line and hit "b", I get a very quick copy of flickers on
the screen and then it goes blank and hangs. This happens in just a
second or so - very quickly.

Kwan Lowe wrote:

> Glenn Meyer wrote:
>
>> Thank you for your reply!
>>
>> I shut down everything in the BIOS that had an option to do so. Still
>> wouldn't boot. Left all turned off. In the Grub GUI, I added vga=none
>> 3 so the line reads....
>>
>> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-27.EL ro root=LABEL=/ vga=none 3
>
>
> Instead, try "vga=791" (leave off the 3 for now).
>
> This will use a framebuffer mode.
>
> There are a few other things to try, but test this one first.
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