FC1 Hanging on install
Rick Stevens
rstevens at vitalstream.com
Mon Dec 15 22:04:46 UTC 2003
M.Hockings wrote:
> Chris Adams wrote:
>
>> Once upon a time, M.Hockings <veeshooter at hockings.net> said:
>>
>>
>>> Well, at least I'm not alone at this. I have found that RH8
>>> installer runs just fine. It's still not apparent to me why FC1 is
>>> stopping, there are no errors issued (that I can see).
>>>
>>
>>
>> What hardware?
>>
>>
> The original note is below. The hard drive is a Quantum.
>
>> I'm trying to install FC1 but it is hanging just after the CD check
>> screen. I have tried both noprobe and skipddc install options as well
>> as removing the lan card but no action has yet caused any joy. Is
>> there something else I can try?
>>
>> This is using a Mercury 1GigaPro board and an old 6G hard drive. The
>> CD and CD reader have been used successfully in other FC1 installs.
>>
>> This is the board:
>> http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=565416&Sku=K13-1000&CatId=181
Just for giggles, can you try adding "noapic" to the boot line? You
may have a mungled APIC BIOS. You might also try "nousb" and
"nofirewire" (or a combo of those).
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