boot up RED HAT 9, pause?

[Sphyenx]

I start up red hat after a fresh install, heres the last threee lines before it produces no more out put.
kjournalstarting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted file system with ordered data mode
Freeing ununsed kernal memory: 128k feeded

then it sits there for a while with nothing else. On my friends PC it gets right to the command prompt $, well if youc an help please!

[DMR]

Have you had any version of Linux running correctly on this system before? Give us the system's full specs.

[Sphyenx]

Have you had any version of Linux running correctly on this system before? Give us the system's full specs.

Yes, I run Knoppix 3.7 and Ubuntu.

256 MB Mem
9 GB Free
AMD Athlon 655mhz

[DMR]

Redhat 9 has some options which you can pass to the kernel at the Boot: prompt to work around certain problems or incompatibilities. You can read about them here:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/install-guide/ch-bootopts.html

Try the "noathlon" option first; it's been known to clear up boot-up hangs on Athlon systems.

[Sphyenx]

Redhat 9 has some options which you can pass to the kernel at the Boot: prompt to work around certain problems or incompatibilities. You can read about them here:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/install-guide/ch-bootopts.html

Try the "noathlon" option first; it's been known to clear up boot-up hangs on Athlon systems.

I will in turn print out that chart. Thank you for your help. (=

[DMR]

Let us know how it goes. Those boot options often do the trick, but if not, we'll try to come up with some other solution(s) for you.