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  From: Stephen Donaldson <steve@cyberqual.com>
  To  : Grant <grant@conprojan.com.au>
  Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:36:24 +0930

Re: Boot problem.

Grant I have seen this before, except the screen was just blank.  We had to
redo the kernel and all was well after that.  Not sure what went wrong the
first time though :(

Steve


Grant wrote:

> Mandrake 8.0
>
> Recompile kernel (2.4.6)
>
> Default image is 246 (after `make install` in /usr/src/linux)
>
> Reboot, after 5 seconds the vga lilo boot menu becomes inactive (hung in
> other words), but linux continues to load. Why? Because I can hear it, and
> once it has finished loading I can press CTRL + ALT + DEL and it will
> reboot.
>
> Has anyone seen anything like this before?
>
> I can still load the kernel ok, but as soon as the boot menu appears I
> have to press the cursors and manually select any image to boot from. If I
> let it timeout (5 seconds) it will do what I explained above.
>
> Thanks. :)
>
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