Gripes, gripes: F8 Live, F8 DVD, i6000
Sam Varshavchik
mrsam at courier-mta.com
Sat Nov 10 15:10:25 UTC 2007
Rahul Sundaram writes:
> Alexander Volovics wrote:
>> Installing F8 on a Dell i6000 laptop:
>>
>> 1) Using the DVD:
>>
>> The install comes no further than 'running /sbin/loader'
>> and then stops. Nothing happens anymore.
>> This is a curious regression from F8 test 3 where I had no
>> such problems!
>>
>> Maybe this can be solved using one or other kernel parameter
>> but then you have to go and search the internet for a list
>> or have the kernel documentation at hand.
>> A complete list with comments should be available in a README
>> included on the DVD and a reference included in the Release Notes.
>
> See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/F8Common and
>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelCommonProblems
There's nothing on either page that discusses hanging at "running
/sbin/loader" phase. "CD/DVD Install hang" refers an issue with a completely
nonfunctioning keyboard at the install DVD's boot menu.
My keyboard works just fine when I boot the i386 install DVD, and I can
select either text or gui boot, but in both cases the boot hangs right after
"running /sbin/loader". Anaconda never starts.
Another post from yesterday references this link:
http://smolts.org/wiki/System/Dell_Inc./Latitude_D620
This one seems to talk about booting issues /after/ installation. Yet, if I
manually add these options when I boot the F8 i386 DVD installer, I make it
past /sbin/loader. The existing machine runs the current F7 2.6.23 kernel
just fine, which is also presumably a tickless kernel.
Haven't actually tried installing F8 yet, until it's clear what the beef is
here.
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