Install hang

[C. Linus Hicks]

On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 00:52, C. Linus Hicks wrote:
> I'm trying to do a fresh install of Fedora core 1 on a system that is
> currently running RHL 7.1 and I get a hard hang. I think it is still
> loading modules, but I'm not sure. It passes mediacheck, I've tried
> noapic and nousb with no luck. If I use noprobe it still hangs at the
> same place. The last few lines that show up if I do alt-F4 right after

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I have learned more about the problem. Turns out the hang occurs when
the parport_pc module gets loaded. Does anybody know of any motherboard
problems that can cause this driver to hang?

How about how to tell fedora to not load the parport modules?

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C. Linus Hicks <lhicks at nc.rr.com>