On Fri, 10 Sep 2004, Jeremy Conlin wrote: > > On Sep 10, 2004, at 2:33 PM, C. Linus Hicks wrote: > > Generally speaking, the kernel and driver versions in the installer are > > the same as what gets installed, which you can imagine is a good test > > to > > see if the system will actually run after the install is complete. So, > > did you install from FC2 CDs? And can you boot the installer CD in > > rescue mode and see your partitions on the hard drive created by the > > installer? > > > > Then while you are there, check out the version numbers of the kernel > > and the aic7xxx driver. > > -- > > C. Linus Hicks <lhicks@xxxxxxxxx> > > I did install FC2 from the CDs. My latest installation was upgrading > from RH9. I know my system will boot into RH9 so that is where I > started. I can boot the installer CD into rescue mode, but don't know > where to check the version numbers for the kernel and aic7xxx driver. > What would I do when I find those numbers? I bet you have an Intel 440gx chipset. Try acpi=force on the kernel line. This really needs to be added to the README. I have encountered a number of people with the same problem. It is a real pain unless you know what is happening.
