Re: install woes, SUCCESS!

On Wednesday 30 July 2008 17:09, whoosh wrote: > thanks for the info, > > > looking at the Fedora 9 64bit DVD: > > the first option is: > > > vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img > > I tried > > vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img noapic nolapic > > but that also was frozen up. > > > the second option is > > vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img text > > I tried instead: > > vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img text noapic nolapic > > that is also frozen up at the: > > "disc found To begin testing the media ...." screen. > > can you suggest any other boot commands to try?

I'd try the acpi=off, but I didn't need any boot options, as far as I

to get Fedora 8, or 9 to boot, although as I said, I do see that I have appended the kernel, probably post-install. Mind you that's a different machine, different hardware to yours.

Although you have FC3 installed with no problems, I would still look in your BIOS, and see if there is an option to disable acpi, and if so, disable it, as, as I mentioned, I couldn't boot anything with acpi enabled on this mobo of mine.

Nigel. > > On 30-Jul-08 14:25:41 Nigel Henry wrote: > >On Wednesday 30 July 2008 11:29, whoosh wrote: > >> first I downloaded the Fedora Core 9 64 DVD iso, took many hours, > >> > >> but on attempting to install, it freezes up at the test media screen. > >> > >> > >> I then downloaded all the FC9 64 CD isos, tried the first one and > >> it freezes up at the test media screen. > >> > >> I tried submitting a report on the University of Kent form, but that > >> failed! > >> > >> > >> I then tried the FC9 64 net install CD and it freezes up on the > >> choose language screen. > >> > >> The PC is an AMD Sempron 64 tower, from probably 2006. I thought > >> maybe there are bugs in the early AMD64 CPUs. > >> > >> so I tried the FC9 32 net install iso, freezes up on the "Choose a > >> language" > >> > >> screen. That suggests it isnt a 64 bit bug. > >> > >> > >> > >> I tried Ubuntu 64, 8.04.1 that freezes up once the desktop appears. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> when I say freeze up I mean no response to keyboard (or mouse for > >> Ubuntu). > >> > >> > >> > >> I installed FC3 some years ago without problem, and I use FC3 and > >> Windows XP > >> > >> all the time without problem. > > > >This may not be of much help, but I recently built a new machine with an > > Asus > > > >M2N-X Plus mobo (sktAM2), and an AMD64 3800+ CPU. Nothing at all would > > boot on it, install discs, or live cd's, (keyboard, mouse, whole machine > > locked up), until I disabled acpi in the BIOS, so that may be worth a > > try. > > > >I still had a bunch of problems installing some distros. Kubuntu Gutsy > > Gibbon > > > >7.10 (live cd, with option to install on desktop once booted) booted, and > > got > > > >as far as startx, but locked up before showing the KDM splash screen. > > > >Fedora 8 installed ok, but I had problems booting post install, and had to > > do > > > >an interactive startup, as it was hanging at starting some services > >(ip6tables, and cpu frequency scaling), which I then said (NO) to during > > the interactive startup. It looks like I may have had problems also, when > > it got booted as far as startx, with locking up prior to displaying GDM > > login screen, as I see that I've appended the kernel line in > > /boot/grub/menu.lst with noapic nolapic > > > >Then I tried installing Kubuntu Breezy, which is perhaps a similar age to > > your > > >FC3, and that installed ok, using the kernel 2.6.12-9-386. Upgraded Breezy > > to > > > >Dapper, as I had the updates lying about on another disk, which gave me a > > new > > > >kernel 2.6.15-52-386. Rebooted into the new kernel, and it got as far as > >displaying KDM to login, but again everything was locked up. Well I knew > > that > > > >it booted ok with the original kernel, so tried it just to very that > > Dapper would work ok with the older kernel, and no problems. Not sure if > > I tried appending the new kernel with noapic nolapic, but if I did it > > didn't work, as > > > >I ended up booting into runlevel 1, tried startx, and the KDE desktop > > opened with no probs. So I thought I'd boot into runlevel 3, login, and > > try startx as user. Appended the kernel line with a 3 in grub, booted, > > and no runlevel 3, but now the new kernel (2.6.15) has no problems, KDM > > opens, and I login with no probs. Thats a bit weird, I know, but seems to > > indicate perhaps, that > > > >it might be a kernel related problem, all these freeze ups, as no prob > > with 2.6.12, but probs with 2.6.15, and later. > > > >Sorry for this very long post, but persevere please. > > > >Now back to Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10. I tried alsorts to try and stop it > >locking up when starting X. noapic, nolapic, acpi=off, noapic nolapic > >(together), ll to no avail. The kernel line to boot the live cd also had a > >bit "forcevesa" or something like that. I thought that should have been > > ok. The pci-E graphics card is ati, but usually vesa works ok if ati > > won't, but I > > > >did notice that the the monitors menu showed a resolution of 1640 x > >something, and my monitor uses 1024 x 768, so maybe the lockups were due > > to the monitor/graphics card being totally out of range, when trying to > > use either the vesa or ati driver with booting the live cd. > > > >I removed the forcevesa bit from the kernel line, and appended it with > >acpi=off, and booted, it got as far as starting x, tried to start it a > > couple > > > >of times, then dropped me back into text mode. Can't remember if I > > directly edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf, to change the max res to 1024 x 768, > > or if I ran dpkg --reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg, but either way, once > > done a startx > > got > > >me the login screen, and I got the live cd's desktop. Clicked on the icon > > to install to harddrive, and that went ok, but I still have to append the > > kernel > > > >line in /boot/grub/menu.lst with acpi=off, otherwise the machine locks up > >when starting x. > > > >Apologies for the long post again, but there may something here that will > > you > > > >a few pointers. > > > >As I said though, nothing would boot at all, until I disabled acpi in the > >BIOS. > > > >Btw, the processor is 64 bit, but all my installed distros are 32 bit > > (i386). > > > >I also tried the 1st cd for Fedora 9 to see if there were any boot > > problems, but as a few days have passed now, and have just finished > > dl'ing disk 6 (on dialup), I can't remember any specific bootup problems > > for Fedora 9, apart from acpi needing to be disabled in the BIOS. > > > >All the best. > > > >Nigel. > > > >-- > >fedora-list mailing list > >fedora-list(a)redhat.com > >To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

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