The Fedora disc was not found

[peter.billam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Greetings,

I'm trying to upgrade from Fedora 6 to Fedora 8 on an Acer Veriton
5900Pro, with no success at all.

So far I've tried
  irqpoll noirqdebug ide=nodma cdnodma edd=skipmbr pci=nomsi,nommconf
  libdata.dma=1 libdata.dma=0 noapic nolapic noacpi scsi_scan=sync
  hwprobe=modules.pata hwprobe=-modules.pata acpi=off pci=noacpi
  pnpacpi=off clocksource=acpi_pm nohz=off highres=off
which I've gleaned from various google searches.

As far as I can see, any noapic makes it hang running /sbin/loader.

As far as I can see, irqpoll noirqdebug are vital, and nolapic is
lethal, otherwise the install hangs loading ata_piix driver.

With all other combinations I've tried (about 30 so far) I get:
  The Fedora disc was not found in any of your CDROM drives.
  Please insert the Fedora disc and press OK to retry.

Debian, and Fedora 6, install fine on the same hardware, using just
  irqpoll noirqdebug

Are there other kernel options I should be trying ?
Any other ideas ?

Selected excerpts from lshw:
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
          physical id: 0
          version: R01-B0 (03/30/2007)
          size: 128KB
          capacity: 960KB
          capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot
           bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200
           int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard
           int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot
           zipboot biosbootspecification
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: 82Q963/Q965 Memory Controller Hub
        *-ide:1
             description: IDE interface
             product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller
             capabilities: ide bus_master cap_list emulated
           *-cdrom UNCLAIMED
                description: SCSI CD-ROM
                product: DVD+-RW GSA-H31N
                vendor: HL-DT-ST
           *-disk
                description: SCSI Disk
                product: WDC WD2500JS-22M
                vendor: ATA
                logical name: /dev/sda
        *-ide:2
             description: IDE interface
             product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller
           *-disk
                description: SCSI Disk
                product: ST380013AS
                vendor: ATA
                logical name: /dev/sdb

Thanks,  Regards,  Peter

AUS/TAS/DPIW/CIT/Servers hbt/lnd/l8   6233 3061   http://www.pjb.com.au
Pasaré, pasarémos    dice el agua    y canta la verdad contra la piedra
 -- Pablo Neruda

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