On Tue, 9 Aug 2005, Maccy wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I attempted a default install of SL 4.0 this afternoon on an Dual
> Processor Intel Xeon 2.4GHz Server but after what looks like a successful
> install and reboot the system hangs after ...
>
> booting Scientific Linux (2.6.9-5.0.5.ELsmp)
> <snip>
> Uncompressing Linux... OK, booting the kernel
> audit(1123601991.257:0):initialized
> Red Hat nash version 4.1.18 starting
>
> Any ideas? I've tried playing around with GRUB options but still the same
> result.

Hi,

Have you tried turning acpi off?  Within /etc/grub.conf this would look 
like:

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-11.EL ro root=LABEL=/ acpi=off rhgb quiet
                                             ^^^^^^^^

you can choose this when you install a machine using kickstart via:

bootloader --location=mbr --append="acpi=off rhgb quiet"
                                     ^^^^^^^^

I saw a similar problem to yours under SL40.  Turning acpi off fixed the 
problem.

Regards,

Will