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Author:  The Crazy Noob [ Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:54 am ]
Post subject:  Booting hangs at: 'checking if image is initramfs...' - HELP
Hi, I just managed to install knoppmyth using the failsafe-option when installing. (a small step for mankind, but a huge leap for me!)
After the install the computer rebooted, but hanged at "checking if image is initramfs..." with a blinking underscore next to it. Everytime i reboot it, it still hangs there.

The (crappy) system:
PII 350MHz
SE440BX motherboard
384MB SDRAM (3x128MB @ 100MHz)
160GB Hard Disk (Western Digital WD160BB)
GeForce 4400Ti 8x AGP (overkill :D )
Medion tv-tuner (type 7134 => philips??)

I hope someone can give me a solution for this problem.

Thx,

The Crazy Noob


Edit: Would the Gf4400Ti make up for the bad CPU? (Does most calculations have to be done by CPU or by the GFX-card?)
Author:  cesman [ Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:59 pm ]
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Sounds like a bad burn. Did you verify md5sum? Did you verify the CD after burning?
Author:  The Crazy Noob [ Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:34 am ]
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I verified the CD with md5sum and all was OK. The CD-ROM player that I used for the install was a bit old and was at the end of its life (making funny noises...). I'll try to reinstall Knoppmyth and see if that helps.

Edit: could it have something to do with the fact that I could only install Knoppmyth in failsafe-mode? (see this thread for more info on that)
Author:  The Crazy Noob [ Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:19 am ]
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I tried reinstalling Knoppmyth, but the computer still hangs.
Author:  The Crazy Noob [ Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:55 am ]
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*Bump* Image
Author:  The Crazy Noob [ Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:27 am ]
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I found a similar problem here: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/ind ... 75446.html
can annyone tell me if i can use a solution of that thread for knoppmyth?
Author:  cesman [ Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:09 pm ]
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Yes, those are viable especially with an older motherboard...
Author:  mjl [ Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:25 pm ]
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Hi The Crazy Noob,

I've installed on some really old and slow hardware and what you have listed should be able to run a 350 card. Sounds as the cd may be having issues reading the cd properly, colors, brand of optical media are all factors, even the tracking could be just out of tolerance.

As a trick if you have a second machine to play with, hang the hard drive on it, do the install, and at the reboot point power down and switch the drive back to the original old slow box. Now when it boots up it does the detection and goes through the 2nd stage.

Have fun!
Mike
Author:  The Crazy Noob [ Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:21 am ]
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Never mind, I fixed it: the problem was the BIOS. I put on the latest BIOS and everything boots up fine now. :)

Now i just need to get my TV-tuner to work...
Author:  The Crazy Noob [ Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:21 am ]
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Never mind, I fixed it: the problem was the BIOS. I put on the latest BIOS and everything boots up fine now. :)

Now i just need to get my TV-tuner to work...
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