HP Pavillion dv9000 - install issues

[Tod Merley]

On 9/9/06, Chris Ruprecht <chris at ruprecht.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am having a tough time getting FC5 to install on an HP Pavaiilion dv9000
> notebook machine. The hardware has just been released and it's not been easy.
>
> The initial install went ok, once I supplied acpi=off noacpi on the boot line.
> When I rebooted, supplying both again, it stopped at "Starting udev:" - it
> timed out and never went further.
>
> After googling a bit I found something that suggested "pci=assign-busses
> pci=routeirq" - not sure what this does, but on its own, it gets me past
> udev. When combined with the acpi commands, it's a no-go.
>
> Eventually, I got it up in single user mode, started networking (it recognized
> the nvidia network card) and ran yum update. This got it to d/l 696 MB of
> stuff but it crashed after updating about 70 packages (froze up again).
>
> Since all the packages are cached, I told it to manually install kernel
> 2.6.17-2174, which worked, then d/l kernel-devel and installed the nvidia
> driver for the video card. It complained a bit about not knowing what kernel
> to run etc, but installed anyway. X came up fine and I ran glxgears ok
> (fastest FPS I have ever seen) but then it just died (in X mode) again.
>
> Does anybody have any ideas what I can do to make this machine as stable as my
> trusted IBM ThinkPad, the machine I'm typing this on, (other than waiting for
> FC7 ;)? Or is this the price I have to pay to be on the bleeding edge?
>
> Best regards,
> Chris
>
>
>
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Hi Chris!

If I were you I would obtain the latest developement release (they are
scheduled to be in a developement freeze - General release planned for
October 11 of FC6).  Newest HW, most recent SW.

May you find success.

Tod