Problems booting the install CD

[Rick Stevens]

Steven W. Orr wrote:
> I have had the same problem with Core1 and Core2. Now it's happening 
> again with Core3.
> 
> I have the following config:
> 
> Tyan K7 Thunder Dual processors Athlon MB with 3 SCSI drives and one IDE 
> drive used for backup.
> 
> Here's df:
> 
> 513 > df -v
> Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sda3              22G   14G  7.4G  65% /
> /dev/sda1              99M   17M   78M  18% /boot
> /dev/hda1             3.7G  324M  3.2G  10% /f
> /dev/hda2              70G   60G  6.6G  91% /g
> /dev/sdc1             8.4G  6.6G  1.5G  83% /home
> /dev/sdb1             8.4G  6.2G  1.8G  79% /home2
> /dev/sdc2              26G  6.0G   19G  25% /h
> none                  504M     0  504M   0% /dev/shm
> /dev/sda6             9.9G  6.4G  3.1G  68% /usr
> /dev/sda5            1011M  462M  499M  49% /var
> 514 >
> 
> 
> When I reboot with Install Disk 1, I get the splash screen giving me the 
> choice of the (normal graphic or text) (install or upgrage). I choose 
> either. I get a few lines saying tha vmlinuz is loading and then the 
> whole process just stops dead. I am vershtumped.
> 
> Can someone please advise what to do or what additional info I need to 
> provide?

Uh, try adding "noapic" to the boot command.  Dual Athlons sometimes
need that.
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