Arrgh, I cant install FC3! (USB hardware problems?)

[Robert Johnson]

Never mind, I found the answer to my problem:  Mandrake 10.1

I just don't have time to be a beta-tester for Redhat Enterprise.

Good luck



> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Robert Johnson
> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 9:59 PM
> To: 'For users of Fedora Core releases'
> Subject: Arrgh, I cant install FC3! (USB hardware problems?)
> 
> 
> Hi all, I'm having trouble installing FC3 and need some help.
> 
> My system is an factory-generic dell dimension 2300 (P4 
> 512M), 'bout 18 months old, with nothing new added to it 
> other than an nvidia video card.  
> 
> I've long since moved my factory-installed XP on one 
> partition.  I hope to get rid of it entirely someday.  I used 
> to have Redhat 9 on another partition until RH stopped 
> supporting desktops.  I replaced RH9 with Gentoo, but Gentoo 
> was too high-maintenance so I thought FC3 would be better.  
> Now I have deleted Gentoo and unsuccesfully tried to replace 
> it with FC3.
> 
> So I've got the four disks burned with the FC3 .iso's, and 
> when I start the first one, everything seems to go well for 
> the first 10 seconds or so until it gets to the point where I 
> believe the installer is looking for hardware, and it hangs 
> at the USB detection (?)
> 
> This is what the screen looks like during the process 
> 
> 	Call Trace:
> 	...blah...
> 	...blah...
> 	...blah...
> 	<6> USB Host Controller Interface driver v2.2
> 
> Then it returns control of the cursor (just keyboard echo), 
> and hangs. Ive tried several times, even walked off for half 
> hour, but it doesn't go any further.  CTL-ALT-DEL to restart machine.
> 
> I only have 2 external USB devices:  a printer and a digital 
> camera.  I disconnected both USB cables from the box and 
> re-tried the installation
> -- still the same results.
> 
> THEN, I tried installation with the "noprobe" argument, and the
> installation went through (apparently) correctly.   Except that now it
> won't boot.  The dual-boot option works fine (Fedora or XP), 
> it defaults into Fedora, and it starts into the boot process 
> like it should, until 15 seconds (or less) into the process, 
> where it is apparently looking
> for hardware drivers.   The last few lines before it hangs are:
> 
> 	[<02136a4a>] sys_init_module +0x207/0x2ef
> 	Bad EIP value
> 	     network
> 
> I get control of the cursor (again, only for keyboard echo) 
> and hangs. Now I have to powercycle the machine to get it to 
> restart.  
> 
> I really want to give FC3 a chance, but im stuck.    
> 
> Robert
>  
> 
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