Re: [FC4] System locks up when booting installation DVD

On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 09:24:57AM -0800, Rick Stevens wrote:
On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 18:12 +0100, Carsten Gaebler wrote:
Hi,

when I boot FC4 from the installation DVD, the boot messages read

Loading vmlinuz
Loading initrd.img
Ready

Then the screen becomes blank with a blinking cursor and the system is
locked up. The only thing I can do is reset the machine through the reset
button.

Any hints?

Sounds like a GUI issue. Try installing in text mode. It would also
be of help if you'd describe your system (motherboard make, hard drives,
memory, CPU, etc.)
That depends on whether it freezes before of after the media check. If
before it is not using X so the GUI can't be the problem.
It used to be that running the install with a nodma option could fix
things like this. At least I think it was nodma. Does anyone else
remember? There also was a another trick using a garbage parameter
and the next boot worked. But the memory of this is also vague.
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Aaron Konstam
Computer Science
Trinity University
telephone: (210)-999-7484

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