Arup Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 I downloaded "mandriva-linux-2008-one-KDE-cdrom-i586". I burned the CD at 4X speed. Also i checked the md5 checksum which indicates the download is o.k. I tried Mandriva in LiveCD mode. It failed to boot.It stopped with a blank screen just after showing the message "Loading Linux kernel". I tried different options by changing resolution and also selecting noapic, acpi=off etc. without any effect. Surprisingly Ubuntu booted at first try. I also downloaded and tried livecd of Mint toady. Faced same problem. After the initial splash screen it shows "loading vmlinuz.." followed by "loading initrd..." and then just hangs.I've tried the compatibility mode also. So which may be the problem here? My config is : Athlon dual core 4000 Jetway 680G motherboard (ATI 1200 series display driver) 2GB RAM 160GB PATA, 80GB SATA (divided in two NTFS partitions) IDE DVD-RW However, the Mandriva One CD and the Mint CD that I've downloaded work correctly on other computer with Intel chipsets. So, I think the problem is with my ATI display driver.Is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 If it's only getting to vmlinuz, I would suggest it hasn't much to do with your graphics yet since it's not in a graphical environment. I would hazard a guess that it's your PATA/SATA mix that is causing the problem. You could try and disconnect the PATA drives, and then see if the system boots with only the SATA ones attached. If the PATA controller is PCI or something, then pull this out as well so that the system doesn't see the PATA controller or just simply disable it in the BIOS if it's built onto the motherboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arup Posted June 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 My DVD is master and IDE HDD is slave. So this morning I pulled the data cable of the HDD and tried again. But again same results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 Did you disable one or the other controllers in the BIOS like I suggested? We have to rule out a conflict between the PATA and SATA. If disabling SATA doesn't do it, then disable PATA and enable SATA. Report back when you've tried all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arup Posted June 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 I can't disable SATA or PATA because my windows installation is in SATA disk and my DVD writer is PATA. I need both. :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 I assume Ian ment to dissable your sata drives, and then try to boot from the live cd, if you can get in, great, if not, then the problem may be else where, but either way, when you find out if you can or can not boot off the live cd, you can renable the sata to go back into windows or access the sata drives in general... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Yes, you might need both - but this is troubleshooting. So if you disable one and then find it works, then you know what is the source of your problem!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arup Posted July 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Well the Mandriva boot problem is solved. The kernel loading was halting after a message "Clocksource tsc unstable". Used a boot parameter "Clocksource=acpi_pm" alongwith noapic, nolapic and solved the problem. I'll install Mandriva at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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