Greetings,
I'm trying to upgrade from Fedora 6 to Fedora 8 on an Acer Veriton
5900Pro, with no success at all.
So far I've tried
irqpoll noirqdebug ide=nodma cdnodma edd=skipmbr pci=nomsi,nommconf
libdata.dma=1 libdata.dma=0 noapic nolapic noacpi scsi_scan=sync
hwprobe=modules.pata hwprobe=-modules.pata acpi=off pci=noacpi
pnpacpi=off clocksource=acpi_pm nohz=off highres=off
which I've gleaned from various google searches.
As far as I can see, any noapic makes it hang running /sbin/loader.
As far as I can see, irqpoll noirqdebug are vital, and nolapic is
lethal, otherwise the install hangs loading ata_piix driver.
With all other combinations I've tried (about 30 so far) I get:
The Fedora disc was not found in any of your CDROM drives.
Please insert the Fedora disc and press OK to retry.
Debian, and Fedora 6, install fine on the same hardware, using just
irqpoll noirqdebug
Are there other kernel options I should be trying ?
Any other ideas ?
Selected excerpts from lshw:
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
physical id: 0
version: R01-B0 (03/30/2007)
size: 128KB
capacity: 960KB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot
bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200
int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard
int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot
zipboot biosbootspecification
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 82Q963/Q965 Memory Controller Hub
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller
capabilities: ide bus_master cap_list emulated
*-cdrom UNCLAIMED
description: SCSI CD-ROM
product: DVD+-RW GSA-H31N
vendor: HL-DT-ST
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: WDC WD2500JS-22M
vendor: ATA
logical name: /dev/sda
*-ide:2
description: IDE interface
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: ST380013AS
vendor: ATA
logical name: /dev/sdb
Thanks, Regards, Peter
AUS/TAS/DPIW/CIT/Servers hbt/lnd/l8 6233 3061 http://www.pjb.com.au
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