On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 10:40, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am Fr, den 24.09.2004 schrieb Robert Cochran um 19:03: > > > I'm trying to install FC2 on a machine that's running FC1. In booting the > > FC2 disk it gets to Loading sym53c8xx driver and hangs , is this a bug or is > > there a work around? > > > Bob C. > > When you feel the install is hanging, switch to console 4 (IIRC). If > installing in text mode this is done by pressing Ctrl+F4. From X install > press Ctrl+Alt+F4. > > If your system does not need the SCSI controller for the install > (neither a SCSI hard drive nor a SCSI CD-ROM), then you can install with > "linux noprobe". If the machine uses an Intel 440gl or 440glx chipset, you need to use "linux acpi=force" on install. I have encountered this problem on a dual processor board made by VA Linux. -- 'This message has not been made with the consent or cooperation of the Federal Board of Regulations (F.B.R.) or the Central Enquires Agency (C.E.A.). Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental, and so forth and so on.
