Salix64 15.0 Xfce stopped booting halfway with new DVD drive

[Susie B.]

Hello all,

I recently added a GTC2N SATA DVD drive from LG Electronics to my self built PC and I'm facing the problem described in the title.

When the OS goes into multi-user mode, it stops with only the following 4 lines of messages;

Going to multi user mode.
Starting syslogd daemon: /usr/sbin/syslogd -s
Updating hardware database index: /sbin/udevadm hwdb --update
Triggering udev events: /sbin/udevadm trigger --action=change

Then, after a while, it automatically restarts.
(And then it does the same thing again.)

The drive seems to be fine; when I connect it using the SATA-USB adapter after the PC boots, I can see the files on a disk in it.

I have no idea what is wrong and cannot fix the problem.
Any advice on how to solve this problem would be appreciated.

Best regards,
Susie B.

[gapan]

My first guess would be a bad disc/burn. You can get the md5sum of your disc with something like

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dd if=/dev/sr0 bs=2048 | md5sum

and then compare with the one in the downloads page: https://salixos.org/download.html

Can you try booting from a USB stick with the Salix installer?

[Susie B.]

Hi Gapan,

Thanks for your reply.
And sorry for the lack of explanation.
The situation is as follows.

1. I have a PC which has Salix64 15.0 Xfce on its SSD, and it boots fine. (This PC has no drives other than the SSD).

2. When the mentioned DVD drive is connected to the PC via SATA, Salix on the SSD stops booting midway. (Of course, there is no disc in the DVD drive).

3. When the DVD drive is removed, the PC boots normally again.

This is the first time I have experienced such a problem.
I would appreciate any advice you can give me.

Best regards,
Susie B.

[gapan]

Ah, sorry, I misunderstood.

In that case, I would first try to see if it's a hardware related problem. Try using a different SATA cable and/or plugging the DVD to a different SATA port. Also try putting the SSD on a different port if that one uses SATA too.

[Susie B.]

Hi Gapan,

plugging the DVD to a different SATA port.

Exactly this advice solved my problem.
As an amateur PC builder, I should have tried this first before asking for help.
(I misunderstood it to be a problem with the OS settings, as the boot sequence continues until the middle of the boot sequence.)

Thanks again and sorry for taking the time to help.

Best regards.
Susie B.