Fedora 7, "Console redirection code"

[Harald_Jensas at Dell.com]

Hi,

Something must be wrong with your GRUB install or your GRUB config file.
Boot a Fedora 7 install CD into "rescue" mode. Then run grub-install and
mount your /boot partition and check the grub config file.


Regards
Harald Jensas


> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com [mailto:linux-poweredge-
> bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Robert Ristroph
> Sent: 13 September 2007 01:31
> To: linux-poweredge-Lists
> Subject: Fedora 7, "Console redirection code"
> 
> Hi,
> 
>    I have a new Dell PowerEdge 1435SC with the Opteron processors and
> whatever sata disks use that sata_svw driver.
> 
>    When I first got it, I booted it up, went into BIOS and booted a
> couple of live CDs.  It all seemed fine.
> 
>     I installed Fedora 7 on it by booting from a linux CD and copying
> an entire drive to it over the network, and then fixing up /etc/fstab
> and other files.  It's a little unorthodox but I have done this many
> times before (not with Fedora 7, only earlier Fedoras).
> 
>     Now, when I go to boot, it goes through the various BIOS messages
> and then has a couple of weird characters at the bottom and says
> "Console redirection code".  Capslock still turns the keyboard LED on
> and off, so it isn't totally locked, and cntrl-alt-delete will still
> reboot it, but it gets no further.  It shows this after I have seen
> all the BIOS stuff, but before I have seen the first message from grub
> or linux.
> 
>     Does anyone recognize this and know what it might mean ?
> 
> --Rob
> 
> P.S.  Also, a completely separate question -- is it possible to
> install Fedora Core 4 on these machines, or does Fedora Core 4 not
> support these sata drives ?
> 
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