HP Pavilion dv6 hangs at boot.

[Tom Diehl]

Hi,

Has anyone tried to install F12 on an HP Pavilion dv6-1334? I am trying to boot
the live cd and when it gets to "starting udev" the machine hangs. I have tried
a couple of command line options line iommu=off and iommu=soft but the behavior
does not change.

I looked at google and bugzilla for suggestions but so far no joy.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get this machine to boot?

Regards,

[Jatin K]

On 12/02/2009 10:42 AM, Tom Diehl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone tried to install F12 on an HP Pavilion dv6-1334? I am 
> trying to boot
> the live cd and when it gets to "starting udev" the machine hangs. I 
> have tried
> a couple of command line options line iommu=off and iommu=soft but the 
> behavior
> does not change.
>
> I looked at google and bugzilla for suggestions but so far no joy.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get this machine to boot?
>
> Regards,

try disabling the FDD, if it is in BIOS

[Tom Diehl]

Hi,

On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, Jatin K wrote:
> On 12/02/2009 10:42 AM, Tom Diehl wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Has anyone tried to install F12 on an HP Pavilion dv6-1334? I am trying to 
> > boot
> > the live cd and when it gets to "starting udev" the machine hangs. I have 
> > tried
> > a couple of command line options line iommu=off and iommu=soft but the 
> > behavior
> > does not change.
> >
> > I looked at google and bugzilla for suggestions but so far no joy.
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get this machine to boot?
> >
> > Regards,
>
> try disabling the FDD, if it is in BIOS

It is already disabled.

I suspect there is some kernel parameter I can pass at boot but I have no
idea what. I really wish there was a chart somewhere that listed all of the
kernel boot options and what they do.

Regards,