Am So, den 04.01.2004 schrieb Robert L Cochran um 07:16: > Hello, > > I'm installing Fedora from installation CD's on an eMachines eMonster > 1000. This machine is running Microsoft Windows XP. The goal is to dual > boot XP and Fedora. I added a second hard drive onto which Fedora will > be installed. Pentium III, 1 Ghz system. The motherboard is an Anaheim, > either the 2, 2A, or 3 -- I think probably the Anaheim-3 but can't be > sure. The graphics card is an ATI Radeon PCI 7500. > > All the installation CDs passed the media checking. Good. > When I try to boot from CD #1 to start the install, the hard drive light > goes on for a long time. Then the line > > ISOLINUX... > > shows up and remains there with no other monitor activity for more than > 60 seconds. > > Sometimes, the ISOLINUX... line is blanked out and the system boots > Windows XP. > > Sometimes, the ISOLINUX... is replaced with the graphical Fedora Core > splash and the familiar boot: prompt. > > If I then press <enter> to start the default install, or type > > linux acpi=on > > the hard drive light will go on, and the installer will load very > slowly. That is, vmlinuz and initrd will load with glacial slowness. So > does everything after that. I will come to the screen where I'm offered > a media check. I skip that. Progress continues with extreme slowness, > always accompanied by a brightly lit hard drive light. In fact the CD/RW > light doesn't seem to come on as often as it should given this is a CD > install. If you directly boot Windows XP all is fast? Your describtion sounds to me like a hardware problem with the CD drive. So on WinXP it is usable without any problem? > Maybe I need to pass > > linux acpi=on hdc=ide-scsi? For a start I would leave acpi call away and the ide-scsi call is only needed when you want your CD/RW to use for CD burning. During install I would leave that away. You can define that afterwards. > The BIOS doesn't seem to have a "Plug and Play OS" option. Under > advanced options one can select from "Win98/Win2000", "Win95", or > "Other". I tried booting under "Win98/Win2000" and "Other". Other might be the correct and certainly means no plug 'n pray OS. > What could be causing these problems? Hard to say. Maybe your machine needs special kernel parameters, even to recognize full RAM size. Unfortunately I do not know your motherboard. I recommend some other boot parameters like disabling acpi, disabling ide dma. If you have a BIOS option for changing APIC try mode 1.1 instead of 1.4. > Thanks > > Bob Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany PGP key valid: made 13.07.1999 PGP fingerprint: 2307 88FD 2D41 038E 7416 14CD E197 6E88 ED69 5653
