Bug 68011

Summary:	Computer automatically reboots when selecting OS (gentoo) at OS selection screen
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Chris Rogers <rogersc>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	chainsaw, robmoss
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Chris Rogers 2004-10-18 06:11:17 UTC

Im trying to install gentoo on an older Packard Bell machine for a class that Im taking. Once installed the computer automatically reboots once I select gentoo as my OS on the OS selection screen and I cant get any further. I installed it perfectly on an IBM machine but this one is giving me problems. I read an article similar to this explaining to be positive the right processor was selected when configuring the Kernel but I've already did that. Currently Im using Grub. Could this problem have anything to do with not enough RAM? I know the specification is 64MB and the machine I have is running 40 but I didnt think it could mean much of a difference.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Followed installation guide step by step
2.restarted computer
3.selected gentoo as OS at the OS screen, and even let it select it itself and it still just restarts itself

Actual Results:  
computer wont go any further, it just reboots

Expected Results:  
???

Packard Bell, 233 MMX, 40MB RAM, 6 gig harddrive

Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-10-18 11:30:59 UTC

did you install grub or lilo?

Comment 2 Chris Rogers 2004-10-23 16:58:08 UTC

Currently have Grub installed. This only does it when I use the manual configuration of the kernel. If i use genkernal it boots.

Comment 3 Chris Rogers 2004-10-23 16:59:27 UTC

Currently have Grub installed. This only does it when I use the manual configuration of the kernel. If i use genkernal it boots.

Comment 4 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2004-10-23 21:31:37 UTC

maybe you missed adding critical support in your manual setup while genkernel enabled a lot of things (including the critical ones you required) ...

Comment 5 Chris Rogers 2004-10-25 06:09:10 UTC

thanks for the help, Im not sure what happened still though. I just started over and I'm 80% sure that I did exactly the same configuration as last time but for some reason, it now boots. But on the other hand Ive ran into another problem. It now says that I have a bad superblock and the file system cant be fixed. Ive found numerous senerios regarding this topic in the forums so Im pretty sure I can figure out from there. Thanks again for the post.