[ltp] Re: Hang on boot...

[David Love]

Connor Behan <connor.behan@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 09/06/14 03:01 AM, David Love wrote:
> >
> > Apart from the fact that I cannot boot from the battery, even though
> > it is a new one, my Thinkpad T60 has given good service until
> > recently.  Now, booting is very spasmodic.

> New Thinkpad battery or BIOS battery? The latter might be the issue.

Thinkpad.

Read the manual - downloaded from the internet -  and have to give serious
consideration whether accessing the BIOS battery is within my capabilities
:-) By the way, the manual doesn't refer to the BIOS  battery but only to
a Backup battery.  Is that the same thing?

> > Sometimes it boots without a problem and other times it hangs on the
> > initial distribution screen and refuses to complete boot.  And the gap
> > is widening - more no boots than successful ones :-(
> >
> > Today, to check whether it could be a fault in the distribution, I
> > downloaded  v2.0 of LinuxLite and then burnt it to a DVD.  I tried it
> > in two desktops, and installed it on one, without any problems.
> >
> > However, when I try to boot from the DVD on the Thinkpad, it hangs on
> > the initial LinuxLite screen.  I thought it might recover in time so
> > left if for an hour but it didn't go any further.
> >
> > I have ensured that the boot order is DVDCDRom -> HDD.
> >
> > Is anyone on the list able to suggest any tests I can carry out to
> > determine what could be wrong, please?
> >
> > David

> The advice I heard most recently was running memtest and booting with
> flags like noacpi and noapic.
> 
Have run Memtest and there were no errors reported.

Not sure how to carry out your other suggestions. Any hints?

Many thanks for your prompt response.

David
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David Love
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