Work around for bug 121819 - P4P800 series mobos

[Randy Ramsdell]

raxet wrote:

> FROM Owen Taylor COMMENT #67 on bug 121819:
>
> Here's a method I got from Jeremy Katz to workaround this problem.
> (This is from memory, so some of the paths are approximate, if
> someone tries this, they may want to write down the exact paths
> as they go and correct me)
>
> 1. Once the CD is mounted (I think this is at the first graphical
>    screen, but you may have to go a few further), switch back
>    to VT running a shell. (One of Control-Alt-F1/F2/etc.)
>
> 2. Change into the RPMS directory on the mounted CD
>
>    # cd /mnt/sources/Fedora/RPMS/
>
> 3. Uncompress the kernel-smp package into /tmp.
>
>    # rpm2cpio kernel-smp-2.6.5-1.358.i68.rpm | (cd /tmp && cpio -id)
>
> 4. Go into the modules directory:
>
>    # cd /tmp/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/kernel
>
> 5. Install the modules you need, e.g.
>
>    # insmod fs/jbd/jbd.ko       [ Journalling Block Device, needed by
> ext3 ]
>    # insmod fs/ext3/ext3.ko
>    # insmod drivers/md/xor.ko   [ XOR, needed by RAID5 ]
>    # insmod drivers/md/raid0.ko
>    # insmod drivers/md/raid1.ko
>    # insmod drivers/md/raid5.ko
>
>  (You probably don't need all those RAID drivers, there might
>   be others you need if you are doing something unusual.)
>
> 6. Do an lsmod to make sure that the modules actually got loaded
>    (the insmod command is a stripped down version without
>     error reporting)
>
> 7. Switch back to the VT with the X server and continue the install.


I was wondering about this post @ bugzilla.

That is the problem, we can't get to the 1st graphical screen! It 
reboots just after "uncompressing kernel" is printed, which is 1 of the 
first steps on install.