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Getting Error in booting RHEL 5.0 on Dell Optiplex 320 with SATA harddrive

I have installed RHEL 5.0 on dell optiplex 320 and got installed successfully. But when first time booting after installation i am finding this error message. I have tried to use it from rescue mode, and found manually startx command is working and able to load linux gui. but again after rebooting on booting finding same message.

i m using sata harddrive and with dell optiplex 320 cpu. and with 512 mb of ram.

Booting 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.18-8.el5xen)'

root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
kernel /xen.gz-2.6.18-8.el5
[Multiboot-elf, <0x100000 :0x935f8 :0x49a08>

ravenpl

while booting, can You edit (in the grub) kernel like?
strip "rhgb quiet" parameters, add "single" param.
It should show versbose output to Your screen while booting.
About modifying parameters http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/grub-boot-into-single-user-mode/

pnpking

ASKER

Hi Ravenpl

I have tried this command on grub mode as well as manually modifying the /boot/grub/grub.conf
but not finding any positive result. The error is same.

Can you tell me one thing, is this error occurring due to SATA driver not installed properly or anything else reason. Because when i hv installed directly linux it wasn't showing me harddrive, but after giving command on linux install prompt "linux pci=nomsi" i got detected the harddrive. but after successful installation of all 5 cds, i am coming on this error. And even by using rescue mode with command "linux pci=nomsi rescue" i can go onto shell and then typed "startx" and found server got booting and start working but all time i can not boot server in rescue mode.

And again i am mentioning for your reference that using Dell Optiplex 320 Machine with 80GB SATA hard drive.

So please suggest alternate to this problem.

Thanks
Mudresh

ravenpl

> [Multiboot-elf, <0x100000 :0x935f8 :0x49a08>
No other messages or errors?

Add to the kernel options (grub again) "pci=nomsi", if it fires, add it to /etc/grub.conf as well to be default

pnpking

ASKER

This command was already inserted, i have just tried after your first suggestion by removing that command. So with that command i am not getting result. And for error message i am getting

Booting 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.18-8.el5xen)'

root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
kernel /xen.gz-2.6.18-8.el5
[Multiboot-elf, <0x100000 :0x935f8 :0x49a08>

the same thing again and again.

ravenpl

Can You pick other kernel than xen? Maybe some virtualization stuff fails.
Honestly, I can't see any error message here so far.

pnpking

ASKER

How can i do that? From where can i find that option for other kernel then xen?
Can you please suggest?

ravenpl

In the grub menu, are there other options beside 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.18-8.el5xen)' ?

pnpking

ASKER

No, there is only this option is available

pnpking

ASKER

Hi Ravenpl

what is alternet to this, is there any patch for kernel for SATA or anything else. How to load pick other kernel?

Thanks
Mudresh

ravenpl

IF(!) nothing else shows apart from those four lines, then kernel haven't even verified CPUs nor memory, not mentioning SATA. So it's not sata. The kernel is simply not booting!
Maybe You need to reinstall the kernel? Or install non-Xen kernel?

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