kernel 3.14.18 boot doesn't complete

[doktor5000]

edit doktor5000: thread has been split from viewtopic.php?f=7&t=8569

I'm having problems with a fresh install of M4 and booting also. A cold boot will not succeed with the latest kernel. The only way I can get the latest kernel to boot is to try a tty terminal (Ctrl + Alt +2) and do a ctrl + alt + del.

The original kernel boots ok.

Original kernel is 12.8
Latest Kernel I have is 14.18

Seems I'm a member of a club here!

Seán

[doktor5000]

This thread is not about a fresh install, and as you can see the OP can't boot any kernel at all, due to corrupt initrd images, it seems from the error messages.

Please create a separate thread for your issue, and provide some log excerpts. Also 3.14.18 kernel is an update candidate, why did you install that?

[seanmacsuibhne]

This thread is not about a fresh install, and as you can see the OP can't boot any kernel at all, due to corrupt initrd images, it seems from the error messages.

I have no problem with the install. The problem occurred after the update.

Please create a separate thread for your issue, and provide some log excerpts. Also 3.14.18 kernel is an update candidate, why did you install that?

The 3.14.18 kernel was on the Mageia-4-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso image I had. It isn't obvious from its name that its anything other than Mageia 4 install iso.

When you go to http://www.mageia.org/ you get the following message:

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Access forbidden!
You don't have permission to access the requested directory. There is either no index document or the directory is read-protected.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 403
http://www.mageia.org
Apache/2.2.23 (Mageia/PREFORK-1.mga1)
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No doubt more to follow!

Seán

[doktor5000]

The original kernel boots ok.

Original kernel is 12.8
Latest Kernel I have is 14.18

So in your first post you mention the original kernel is 3.12.8. Then you mention the latest 3.14.18 came from the LiveDVD.

Also 3.14.18 kernel is an update candidate, why did you install that?

The 3.14.18 kernel was on the Mageia-4-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso image I had.

Would be interesting to know where you got the image from. The current Mageia 4.1 image has 3.12.21:

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┌─[doktor5000@Mageia4]─[17:09:13]─[~]
└──╼ wget -O - ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/iso/4.1/Mageia-4.1-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD/Mageia-4.1-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.lst 2>/dev/null | grep ^kernel
kernel-desktop-3.12.21-2.mga4-1-1.mga4
kernel-desktop-latest-3.12.21-2.mga4
kernel-firmware-20131013-2.mga4
kernel-firmware-nonfree-20140119-1.mga4.nonfree

The older Mageia 4 images have 3.12.8:

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┌─[doktor5000@Mageia4]─[17:09:23]─[~]
└──╼ wget -O - ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/iso/4/Mageia-4-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD/Mageia-4-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.lst 2>/dev/null | grep ^kernelkernel-desktop-3.12.8-2.mga4-1-1.mga4
kernel-desktop-latest-3.12.8-2.mga4
kernel-firmware-20131013-2.mga4
kernel-firmware-nonfree-20140119-1.mga4.nonfree

Anyways, doesn't matter. You mentioned previously:

A cold boot will not succeed with the latest kernel. The only way I can get the latest kernel to boot is to try a tty terminal (Ctrl + Alt +2) and do a ctrl + alt + del.

How far does the kernel boot? Also, at which point do you switch to a tty and press Ctrl+Alt+Del, and how does that help?