alternate boot methods

[Brad Reed]

Thank you Alexander. It appears it was a DMA issue as the ide=nodma worked.

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Dalloz [mailto:ad+lists at uni-x.org]
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 11:44 AM
To: brad at informationpathways.com; For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: Re: alternate boot methods


Am Di, den 29.03.2005 schrieb Brad Reed um 18:36:

> I posted the issue of kernel crash off the first install disk. I attempted
> to install via ftp, but I got exactly the same error screen with a lot of
cd
> and ide references before the kernel panic, leading me to believe that it
> was still attempting to install from cd. Are there any detailed
instructions
> on alternate installation methods from local harddrives or remote systems?
>
> Brad Reed

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/x8664-multi-inst
all-guide/

You may try as boot parameters:
a) ide=nodma
b) noapic
c) acpi=off
More possible boot options are listed on

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/x8664-multi-inst
all-guide/ap-bootopts.html

Alexander


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