On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:25:03 -0700 Vicki and Dave Stevenson <vicndave@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [snip ] >I have similar luck trying to install with a dvd+rw burned from >Fedora-7-Live-x86_64.iso. The choices were: > - Run from image > - Run from RAM - requires 1 GB+ > - Verify and run from image > >Each of these choices gave these results: > Loading vmlinuz > Loading >initrd.img................................................................................... > Ready. > . > Decompressing Linux...done. > Booting the kernel. > ata1:softreset failed (1st FIS failed) > ata2:softreset failed (1st FIS failed) > hub 2-2:1.0: config failed, can't get hub status (err -62) > > Kernel alive What a drag. That magic moment when the newly built machine is going to come up and rock, and it fails. I think you have either bad hardware or you have a bios setting that is incorrect. It has been awhile since I built a machine, but I seem to recall a BIOS setting that is for installing a non microsoft OS. In your situation I would spend a while stepping through BIOS options looking for something that sounds like a likely error. Another alternative would be to try a 32 bit version of the Fedora 7 live CD instead of the 64 bit version. Shot in the dark. Perhaps someone who is familiar with the kernel will know the problem from the errors your posted. I did a little searching and it appears that the soft reset error is a sata error, but the hub error is a USB error. I couldn't find anything specific about the err -62. You might try disabling the USB to see if that will allow you to boot the machine. It appears from the quote below that it is possible to run linux on that system. http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.hardware/browse_thread/thread/4beae17f5cfde6e6/520044d7cf4e4256?lnk=st&q=+ASUS+M2A-VM+HDMI+mainboard+with+an+AMD64X2+3800++processor&rnum=1 I've got an ASUS M2A-VM HDMI mainboard with an AMD64X2 3800+ processor that I've installed Debian/Etch on. Everything works fine, almost, except for the ACPI function. If I set acpi=on or acpi=force, I get a kernel panic when booting. If I set acpi=off, the machine doesn't turn itself off when shutting down (and presumably other power management functions are also blocked). Later response Never mind. I switched to Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (2.6.20 kernel instead of 2.6.18 in Etch) and that resolved all the problems I had been having. Which makes me suspect BIOS or hardware even more. Good luck.
