In my most recent efforts, I added noapci to the kernel command line.
In the case of F17, the last line I could read before catatonia
included "unpacking initramfs".
F16 was similar, but it was to fast for me to read well.
Here are the grub stanzas:
title Install Fedora17 from iso
root (hd0,2)
pause have rooted (hd0,2)
find /isolinux17/vmlinuz
pause have finded
kernel /isolinux17/vmlinuz askmethod noacpi
pause have kerneled
find /isolinux17/initrd.img
pause have finded
initrd /isolinux17/initrd.img
pause have initrded
title Install Fedora16 from iso
root (hd0,2)
pause have rooted (hd0,2)
find /isolinux16/vmlinuz
pause have finded
kernel /isolinux16/vmlinuz askmethod noacpi
pause have kerneled
find /isolinux16/initrd.img
pause have finded
initrd /isolinux16/initrd.img
pause have initrded
In each case, all the pauses happened.
--
Michael hennebry(a)web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
"On Monday, I'm gonna have to tell my kindergarten class,
whom I teach not to run with scissors,
that my fiance ran me through with a broadsword." -- Lily