Re: Boot hangs "Loading default keymap" and "Setting default font"
Bill Nottingham <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.redhat.ia64.general |
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Mike Bronson ([email protected]) said: > This problem happens with kernel-2.4.9-18. > > Before the HP recommended low level format and BIOS update, > linux hanged at this line during the boot: > > Loading default keymap (us) > > After the HP recommended low level format and BIOS update, > linux hangs at this line during the boot: > > Setting default font (lat0-sun16) > > What is the best way to get past this problem? Add a second processor. (Seriously.) Other workarounds include: - using the SMP kernel - building the kernel without CONFIG_IA64_MCA Bill