Cannot upgrade box to Fedora 8... DVD stalled on vmlinuz... Ready!

[Excalibur Xcalibur]

Great! This is exactly the problem. Hmm I'm glad that this issue has been
pointed out before. I'll try the couple of suggestions mentioned from
Bugzilla and also from the list. Thanks everybody.

Cheers,
-- 
Peter "Excalibur"

On Dec 21, 2007 4:06 PM, Paul Lemmons <paul.lemmons at tmcaz.com> wrote:

>  -------- Original Message  --------
> Subject: Cannot upgrade box to Fedora 8... DVD stalled on vmlinuz...
>  Ready!
> From: "Excalibur Xcalibur" <excalibur.xcalibur at gmail.com><excalibur.xcalibur at gmail.com>
> To: "For users of Fedora" <fedora-list at redhat.com><fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Cc: rstevens at internap.com
> Date: 12/21/2007 12:21 PM
>
> *Please read below:*
>
> On Dec 21, 2007 1:00 PM, Rick Stevens <rstevens at internap.com> wrote:
>
> >  On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 12:31 -0500, Excalibur Xcalibur wrote:
> > > Hi Folks,
> > >                I burned the dvd iso of F8, and when I booted the DVD
> > > and selected upgrade, it loaded fine and went on to
> > >
> > > vmlinuz blah blah...
> > >
> > > then completely stalls or freezes on "Ready". Well it was like that
> > > for hours. So I couldn't upgrade my FC6 box with F8. Even when I
> > > reboot it, it's still the same story.
> >
> >  We need LOTS more info, Peter.  Computer make/model (or processor type
> > and motherboard make/model), video card, type of hard drive (SATA, SCSI,
> > IDE), memory size, that sort of thing.  Also make sure the BIOS on the
> > machine is the current release (check with the computer or motherboard
> > maker's website).
>
>
> Thanks for the reply Rick. Here's what I can tell you about my system:
>
> Dell DM051 x86
>
> x86 Family 15  Model 4 Stepping 7 Intel 2793 MHz
>
> Intel 82845G chipset
>
> RAM 2 GB
> SATA drive
> BIOS version Dell Inc A05, 3 /31/2006 (Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS version  1.10A05)
>
>
>
> > The most common problems have to do with interrupt routing, DMA
> > channels, APMI issues and that sort of thing.  There's lots of work-
> > arounds and we need to know what may be appropriate for you.  If you
> > could tell us what's displayed when you hit "ALT-F3" and "ALT-F4" when
> > it's stalled, that may help as well.
>
>
>
> Nothing's displayed at all. I don't have a problem with either the F7 or
> FC6 boot DVDs! :(
>
>
> --
> Peter "Excalibur"
>
>
> Does this describe your problem?
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=239585
>
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