On Sat, 2007-06-02 at 14:16 +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 22:45:23 +0100 > "Paul Smith" <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 5/31/07, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I am trying to install F7, but the process seems deadlocked when > > > > > > "Loading pata_it821x driver". > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Could someone please tell me in which component in Bugzilla I should > > report this crucial bug? > > Kernel and assign it to me (alan@xxxxxxxxxx) FWIW, I just installed F7 on an old system that I'm using as a firewall/router. The install hung after the pata drivers were loaded, and the solution was to boot with acpi=off. The system was running FC5, and didn't require the acpi=off parameter to install and run under FC5. Dave