[wplug] server box install problem, WON'T BOOT!!!! from disc

[Bryon Gill]

Ryan,

What kind of video card?

Bryon

On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Ryan Moszynski wrote:

> ok guys, i'm not sure whats going on here
>
> my work machine has an install of FC4 and i'm trying to wipe it out
> and install gentoo.
>
> i can't do that until next week, but yesterday i got a new videocard
> that FC can't configure to work with x, so i decided to do what i
> normally do in this situation, boot a live cd running the same xserver
> and copy over the xorg/xfree .conf.  this is what i tried to do.  i
> couldn't get mepis to boot, the mepis grub screen comes up, where you
> tell mepis what resolution to try, and where you can pass options to
> the kernel.
>
> once the kernel takes over, i get a succession of errors(which i never
> get with mepis, on home pcs, it ALWAYS works flawlessly, i've
> installed it probably 100 times by now):
>
> (it hangs for awhile, it should be doing stuff by now)
>
> makes me try to boot vesa . . .
>
> You passed an undefined mode number
>
> (then, after a while it continues)
>
> ACPI: Unable to locate RSDP
> (whatever that means)
>
>
> (and then)
> Looking for MEPIS Linux. . .................................
> .........................................................................
> .........................................................................
> (in RED text)
> Can't startup filesystem
> Halting . . .
>
>
> (now sometimes, it gets farther, and hangs at)
>
> Mounting MEPIS filesystem . . .done.
>
> (it hangs here for a long time until:)
>
> a whole bunch of error messages and a kernel panic
>
> unfortunately i can't seem to reproduce that one right now.
>
> so, does anyone know whats going on here?
>
> this machine is running phoenix bios 4 rev 6, and it has an
> intel boot agent, PXE
>
> that runs at startup.
>
> now, i think its either something i don't know about the PXE, (this is
> the first time ive ever had o deal with one) or there's something
> going on in the bios that won't allow the live cd to write its
> temporary filesystem.
>
> oh, and knoppix exhibits the same behavior.
>
> if someone knows the answer to this feel free to email me directly,
> the sooner i have this figured out the better.
>
> thanks
>
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