On 30-Jul-08 15:35:08 Nigel Henry wrote: >On Wednesday 30 July 2008 17:09, whoosh wrote: >> thanks for the info, >> >> >> looking at the Fedora 9 64bit DVD: >> >> the first option is: >> >> >> vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img >> >> I tried >> >> vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img noapic nolapic >> >> but that also was frozen up. >> >> >> the second option is >> >> vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img text >> >> I tried instead: >> >> vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img text noapic nolapic >> >> that is also frozen up at the: >> >> "disc found To begin testing the media ...." screen. >> >> can you suggest any other boot commands to try? >I'd try the acpi=off, but I didn't need any boot options, as far as I remember I tried that just now and the test media screen now responds! vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img text acpi=off >to get Fedora 8, or 9 to boot, although as I said, I do see that I have >appended the kernel, probably post-install. Mind you that's a different >machine, different hardware to yours. >Although you have FC3 installed with no problems, I would still look in your >BIOS, and see if there is an option to disable acpi, and if so, disable it, >as, as I mentioned, I couldn't boot anything with acpi enabled on this mobo >of mine. the only ACPI option is: ACPI Suspend Type with value either "S1(POS)" or "S3(STR)" anyway the problem is now resolved, >Nigel. >> >> On 30-Jul-08 14:25:41 Nigel Henry wrote: >> >On Wednesday 30 July 2008 11:29, whoosh wrote: >> >> first I downloaded the Fedora Core 9 64 DVD iso, took many hours, >> >> >> >> but on attempting to install, it freezes up at the test media screen. >> >> >> >> >> >> I then downloaded all the FC9 64 CD isos, tried the first one and >> >> it freezes up at the test media screen. >> >> >> >> I tried submitting a report on the University of Kent form, but that >> >> failed! >> >> >> >> >> >> I then tried the FC9 64 net install CD and it freezes up on the >> >> choose language screen. >> >> >> >> The PC is an AMD Sempron 64 tower, from probably 2006. I thought >> >> maybe there are bugs in the early AMD64 CPUs. >> >> >> >> so I tried the FC9 32 net install iso, freezes up on the "Choose a >> >> language" >> >> >> >> screen. That suggests it isnt a 64 bit bug. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I tried Ubuntu 64, 8.04.1 that freezes up once the desktop appears. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> when I say freeze up I mean no response to keyboard (or mouse for >> >> Ubuntu). >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I installed FC3 some years ago without problem, and I use FC3 and >> >> Windows XP >> >> >> >> all the time without problem. >> > >> >This may not be of much help, but I recently built a new machine with an >> > Asus >> > >> >M2N-X Plus mobo (sktAM2), and an AMD64 3800+ CPU. Nothing at all would >> > boot on it, install discs, or live cd's, (keyboard, mouse, whole machine >> > locked up), until I disabled acpi in the BIOS, so that may be worth a >> > try. >> > >> >I still had a bunch of problems installing some distros. Kubuntu Gutsy >> > Gibbon >> > >> >7.10 (live cd, with option to install on desktop once booted) booted, and >> > got >> > >> >as far as startx, but locked up before showing the KDM splash screen. >> > >> >Fedora 8 installed ok, but I had problems booting post install, and had to >> > do >> > >> >an interactive startup, as it was hanging at starting some services >> >(ip6tables, and cpu frequency scaling), which I then said (NO) to during >> > the interactive startup. It looks like I may have had problems also, when >> > it got booted as far as startx, with locking up prior to displaying GDM >> > login screen, as I see that I've appended the kernel line in >> > /boot/grub/menu.lst with noapic nolapic >> > >> >Then I tried installing Kubuntu Breezy, which is perhaps a similar age to >> >> your >> >> >FC3, and that installed ok, using the kernel 2.6.12-9-386. Upgraded Breezy >> > to >> > >> >Dapper, as I had the updates lying about on another disk, which gave me a >> > new >> > >> >kernel 2.6.15-52-386. Rebooted into the new kernel, and it got as far as >> >displaying KDM to login, but again everything was locked up. Well I knew >> > that >> > >> >it booted ok with the original kernel, so tried it just to very that >> > Dapper would work ok with the older kernel, and no problems. Not sure if >> > I tried appending the new kernel with noapic nolapic, but if I did it >> > didn't work, as >> > >> >I ended up booting into runlevel 1, tried startx, and the KDE desktop >> > opened with no probs. So I thought I'd boot into runlevel 3, login, and >> > try startx as user. Appended the kernel line with a 3 in grub, booted, >> > and no runlevel 3, but now the new kernel (2.6.15) has no problems, KDM >> > opens, and I login with no probs. Thats a bit weird, I know, but seems to >> > indicate perhaps, that >> > >> >it might be a kernel related problem, all these freeze ups, as no prob >> > with 2.6.12, but probs with 2.6.15, and later. >> > >> >Sorry for this very long post, but persevere please. >> > >> >Now back to Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10. I tried alsorts to try and stop it >> >locking up when starting X. noapic, nolapic, acpi=off, noapic nolapic >> >(together), ll to no avail. The kernel line to boot the live cd also had a >> >bit "forcevesa" or something like that. I thought that should have been >> > ok. The pci-E graphics card is ati, but usually vesa works ok if ati >> > won't, but I >> > >> >did notice that the the monitors menu showed a resolution of 1640 x >> >something, and my monitor uses 1024 x 768, so maybe the lockups were due >> > to the monitor/graphics card being totally out of range, when trying to >> > use either the vesa or ati driver with booting the live cd. >> > >> >I removed the forcevesa bit from the kernel line, and appended it with >> >acpi=off, and booted, it got as far as starting x, tried to start it a >> > couple >> > >> >of times, then dropped me back into text mode. Can't remember if I >> > directly edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf, to change the max res to 1024 x 768, >> > or if I ran dpkg --reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg, but either way, once >> > done a startx >> >> got >> >> >me the login screen, and I got the live cd's desktop. Clicked on the icon >> > to install to harddrive, and that went ok, but I still have to append the >> > kernel >> > >> >line in /boot/grub/menu.lst with acpi=off, otherwise the machine locks up >> >when starting x. >> > >> >Apologies for the long post again, but there may something here that will >> > you >> > >> >a few pointers. >> > >> >As I said though, nothing would boot at all, until I disabled acpi in the >> >BIOS. >> > >> >Btw, the processor is 64 bit, but all my installed distros are 32 bit >> > (i386). >> > >> >I also tried the 1st cd for Fedora 9 to see if there were any boot >> > problems, but as a few days have passed now, and have just finished >> > dl'ing disk 6 (on dialup), I can't remember any specific bootup problems >> > for Fedora 9, apart from acpi needing to be disabled in the BIOS. >> > >> >All the best. >> > >> >Nigel. >> > >> >-- >> >fedora-list mailing list >> >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> >To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >-- >fedora-list mailing list >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
