Rahul Sundaram writes:
Alexander Volovics wrote:Installing F8 on a Dell i6000 laptop: 1) Using the DVD: The install comes no further than 'running /sbin/loader' and then stops. Nothing happens anymore. This is a curious regression from F8 test 3 where I had no such problems! Maybe this can be solved using one or other kernel parameter but then you have to go and search the internet for a list or have the kernel documentation at hand. A complete list with comments should be available in a README included on the DVD and a reference included in the Release Notes.See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/F8Common and https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelCommonProblems
There's nothing on either page that discusses hanging at "running /sbin/loader" phase. "CD/DVD Install hang" refers an issue with a completely nonfunctioning keyboard at the install DVD's boot menu.
My keyboard works just fine when I boot the i386 install DVD, and I can select either text or gui boot, but in both cases the boot hangs right after "running /sbin/loader". Anaconda never starts.
Another post from yesterday references this link: http://smolts.org/wiki/System/Dell_Inc./Latitude_D620
This one seems to talk about booting issues /after/ installation. Yet, if I manually add these options when I boot the F8 i386 DVD installer, I make it past /sbin/loader. The existing machine runs the current F7 2.6.23 kernel just fine, which is also presumably a tickless kernel.
Haven't actually tried installing F8 yet, until it's clear what the beef is here.
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