FC1 Hanging on install
M.Hockings
veeshooter at hockings.net
Tue Dec 16 01:21:15 UTC 2003
Rick Stevens wrote:
> M.Hockings wrote:
>
>> Chris Adams wrote:
>>
>>> Once upon a time, M.Hockings <veeshooter at hockings.net> said:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Well, at least I'm not alone at this. I have found that RH8
>>>> installer runs just fine. It's still not apparent to me why FC1 is
>>>> stopping, there are no errors issued (that I can see).
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What hardware?
>>>
>>>
>> The original note is below. The hard drive is a Quantum.
>>
>>> I'm trying to install FC1 but it is hanging just after the CD check
>>> screen. I have tried both noprobe and skipddc install options as
>>> well as removing the lan card but no action has yet caused any joy.
>>> Is there something else I can try?
>>>
>>> This is using a Mercury 1GigaPro board and an old 6G hard drive.
>>> The CD and CD reader have been used successfully in other FC1 installs.
>>>
>>> This is the board:
>>> http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=565416&Sku=K13-1000&CatId=181
>>
>>
>
> Just for giggles, can you try adding "noapic" to the boot line? You
> may have a mungled APIC BIOS. You might also try "nousb" and
> "nofirewire" (or a combo of those).
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> - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens at vitalstream.com -
> - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com -
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> - To err is human, to forgive, beyond the scope of the OS -
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Thanks Steven, Rick,
I managed to get it going with a text install (maybe it was just a
timing thing). A second machine with the same setup (motherboard,
processor & case) but different hard drive installed with no problems!
Whatever the cause I have both machines up and running FC1 !
Kind regards,
Mike
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