Re: Fedora 8 install gets stuck


Thanks for the reply.

I added the kernel command line as indicated and the laptop still appears to get stuck at the loading of the pcmcia_core module. However, the "Disabling IRQ# 13" message during the media test is now gone (is this due to the "nolapic" kernel setting?).

There was one time when I tried running the installer and it did not get stuck, but I aborted the installation as anaconda got started to experiment with the kernel command line parameters. Ever since then, it has gotten stuck in the same place as before, even with both of the suggested command line parameters. Does the fact that it did work once imply that there may be some kind of a timing or race condition?

The laptop is a Toshiba Tecra A7. The same Fedora 8 media installed without any problem on a desktop computer.

Derek

On Sat, 10 Nov 2007, Mike Harris wrote:
Try booting your kernel with the following added to the commandline:

nohz=off nolapic

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On Fri, 9 Nov 2007, Derek Schuurman wrote:

I am installing Fedora 8 on a Toshiba Tecra laptop and the installation process gets stuck shortly after the DVD media test. Fedora 7 installed on the same laptop without any difficulties. The media check passes, but the message "IRQ #18 Disabled" appears. Both the graphical and text-mode install have the same issue.

After the media test screen, the installation halts on a blue screen with the title "Welcome to Fedora for i386" which is empty except for some navigation commands on the bottom line of the screen.

By switching to console 3 (ctrl-alt-F3) I can read the INFO messages and the last INFO message displayed is as follows:

<time-stamp> INFO : modules to insert pcmcia_core H*H**************** pcmcia

(note the '*' characters above actually appear as solid "blocks")

I can switch to console 2 (ctrl-alt-F2) and type shell commands so the computer is not hung, but the installer seems "stuck". When I list the installed modules using "lsmod", the pcmcia modules are not installed. Other driver modules (such as SCSI drivers) appear to have loaded successfully.

Any help or suggestions are appreciated.
thanks,
Derek


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