My system restarts after completing the basic installation (update from 11SP1 to 11SP2), however it failed to boot up to complete the automatic configuration. The grub menu display fine and when trying to boot into 11SP2, it displays the system specification(i.e. filesystem type, partition type, etc) and hang after displaying: initrd /boot/initrd-3.0.12-0.27-default
[Linux-initrd@0x378f3000, 0x6fc94b bytes].
I have tried repairing the system and updating my system again but I am still unable to boot up. I’m really not sure where the problem is and how to resolve. I do not wish to do a fresh installation as it would wipe out all previous stored data.
My system restarts after completing the basic installation (update
from 11SP1 to 11SP2), however it failed to boot up to complete the
automatic configuration.[/color]
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I do not have any error message when it try to boot. The last printout is initrd /boot/initrd-3.0.12-0.27-default
[Linux-initrd@0x378f3000, 0x6fc94b bytes], followed by a blinking cursor which does not respond to any key input.
There is no response when i type “dmesg”, I have tried to boot into the BIS (boot installed system using the installation DVD) which give me this error: No Linux root partition found.
I have also tried to do a fresh new installation, but the same situation happens again; system hangs after boot. Only the grub details screen is displayed; last output is s initrd /boot/initrd-3.0.12-0.27-default
[Linux-initrd@0x378f3000, 0x6fc94b bytes]
I am new to Linux, may I know what should I do next to get the system up. Thank you.
I managed to boot into the installed system via the installation dvd after a few repairs. However, still cannot boot via the hard disk; still faced system freeze after showing the grub details. I have tried to perform the grub-install /dev/sda and I faced “no corresponding BIOS drive”. May I know how to solve this? Thanks
Additional info: If I open the boot loader from yast2, I get this error message: because of the partitioning the bootloader cannot be installed properly
Additional info: If I open the boot loader from yast2, I get this
error message: because of the partitioning the bootloader cannot be
installed properly[/color]
It looks like you are able to boot the system. Did you try to rebuild
your initrd (mkinitrd)? If you haven’t, please try to do so.
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I have tried to rebuild the initrd and reboot, but it is not working;
boot to grub detailed screen and freeze.[/color]
I’m not sure what to make of your drive partitioning.
You have three primary partitions that allocate all of the 146 GB.
The first partition (/dev/sda1) is your swap partition. Normally this 1
or 2 GB but, if I calculated it correctly, yours is ~17 GB. I have no
idea why it should be so large.
The second partition (/dev/sda2) looks like it is your / (root)
partition. It is ~73 GB.
Because your swap partition is so large, your / partition starts at
(again, if I calculated correctly) cylinder 2089. There are so many
limitations (hardware and software) that affect a system’s ability to
boot I can’t remember them all. To avoid many of these issues I usually
create a small (~200 MB) /boot partition as the first partition on the
disk.
You said you upgraded from SLES11-SP1 to SLES11-SP2. That would suggest
this partitioning scheme worked with SLES11-SP1 so perhaps it is not
the problem.
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