On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Fungi4All <fungil...@protonmail.com> wrote:
> From: we...@acu.edu > To: debian users <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > Both fresh minimal installs of Jessie. > > Every other boot results in a hang at "Initializing Ramdisk" just after > grub, requiring holding the power button for 8 seconds to power off. Then > power on, and it boots normally. > > > what do you mean minimal install, can you be more specific? > Normal Jessie install, but when it came time to do the "tasksel"-looking stage within the installer, I uninstalled everything. After the install I then manually installed x-window-system-core, xfce4, firefox-esr, libreoffice, ssh, and a few other utilities like rsycn and cups. > was the disk/partition clean or did you install on top of another > installation? > The machine shipped with Windows, but during the partitioning stage of the Jessie install I told it to do the Guided, using entire disk, and then tweaked that manually a bit. > the last Jessie linux kernel was updated a couple of months ago, I doubt > they have left any Dell hardware out. > Yeah, but apparently what ships with the Jessie installation is a 3.16. I upgraded the system to stretch, thereby getting a 4.19 kernel, and the problem so far(!, after five successful boots) has gone away. > Newish is probably something made in 2016? > 2016/06/30 > > Dell-freak > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Jessie Hangs Every Other Boot > Local Time: April 26, 2017 6:21 PM > UTC Time: April 26, 2017 3:21 PM > From: we...@acu.edu > To: debian users <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > Two identical newish Dell desktops. Configured for non-legacy, UEFI-only > booting. No Secure-Boot or Fast Boot. > > Both fresh minimal installs of Jessie. > > Every other boot results in a hang at "Initializing Ramdisk" just after > grub, requiring holding the power button for 8 seconds to power off. Then > power on, and it boots normally. > > Suggestions? > > -- > Kent West <")))>< > Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com > > > -- Kent West <")))>< Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com
