cannot install fc7, fc6, or fc5 on new machine

[Jim Cornette]

Vicki and Dave Stevenson wrote:
>
>    running install...
>    running /sbin/loader
> 
> At this point the machine hangs. Well, I can poke at the keyboard and
> the characters I type are displayed on the screen, but there is no other
> response, and I wouldn't know what to type anyway. I let the machine run
> overnight in one attempt, and it looked just the same in the morning.
> There is no dvd or hdd activity during the hang.

I imagine that it is not a hang but a condition where anaconda just 
bails out. You might check in the terminal on F2 to see what processes 
are running and which are not running.


> 
> I have similar luck trying to install with a dvd+rw burned from
> Fedora-7-Live-x86_64.iso. The choices were:
>    - Run from image
>    - Run from RAM - requires 1 GB+
>    - Verify and run from image
> 
> Each of these choices gave these results:
>    Loading vmlinuz
>    Loading
> initrd.img................................................................................... 
> 
>    Ready.

I would say that this was the ready bug that some reported before on the 
list. Though it continued afterward, the bug is most likely different.


>    .
>    Decompressing Linux...done.
>    Booting the kernel.
>    ata1:softreset failed (1st FIS failed)
>    ata2:softreset failed (1st FIS failed)
>    hub 2-2:1.0: config failed, can't get hub status (err -62)

Is the BIOS setup for raid for the control of the SATA drives?

> 
>    Kernel alive
> 
> It takes several minutes for each of the 'ata*' and 'hub*' lines to show
> up, then it hangs.
> 
> I also tried an fc6 install (both graphical and text mode) with a CD
> burned from:
>    FC-6-i386-disc1.iso
> 
> The only noticeable difference in the above text was the version of
> anaconda (11.1.1.3 instead of 11.2.0.66). Sure enough, it gave the same
> error, hanging after:
>    running /sbin/loader
> 
> So I tried fc5 from CD (tried both graphical and text mode) and both
> times it gave the following error (and then hung):
>    isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
>    BUG soft lockup detected on CPU#0!

Maybe selecting a non-pnp OS if checked or pnp if failure is due to pnp 
being off?



> 
>    Pid: 1, comm:              swapper
>    EIP: 0060:[<c0112a74>] CPU: 0
>    EIP is at hpet_readl+0x8/0x9
>     EFLAGS: 00000286    Not tainted  (2.6.15-1.2054_fc5 #1)
>    EAX: ffffffff EBX: ffffffff ECX: 014f20d3 EDX: 0000011c
>    ESI: 0000011c EDI: 00000000 EBP: 00000000 DS: 007b ES: 007b
>    CR: 8005003b CRS: fff87000 CR3: 003be000 CR4: 000006d0
>     [<c010bea0>] delay_hpet+0x24/0x2d     [<c01c2bf9>] __delay+0x9/0xa
>     [<c01fec5c>] isapnp_write_byte+0x16/0x21     [<c03a847b>]
> isapnp_isolate_rdp_select+0x6/0x14e
>     [<c03a879a>] isapnp_init+0x129/0xcba     [<c01dde4e>]
> acpi_evaluate_integer+0x7f/0xad
>     [<c01f9e8d>] acpi_thermal_add+0x288/0x2c3     [<c01fa83e>]
> acpi_match_ids+0x18/0x51
>     [<c01fa959>] acpi_bus_register_driver+0xc6/0xcd     [<c01002e9>]
> init+0x80/0x1b4
>     [<c0100269>] init+0x0/0x1b4     [<c0101005>]
> kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0xb
> 

This might mean something to either one who works on compilers or codes 
enough to know what is happening.


> At least this broke up the monotony of the previous errors, so hey, I'm
> just tickled pink. Right up until I realize that I have a $1200
> collection of PC parts that I can't really use.


$1200 investment. There has to be some way to get you running the 
hardware with Fedora.


> 
> I'd sure appreciate some help on this.

I had one recent problem with one system using a DVD+R which was burned 
using a USB-DVD burner that can burn either DVD+R or DVD-R. The disk 
would boot up to a certain point and then would not recognize that I had 
a DVD and prompt me for a device to use. I then tried the disc in the 
environment that I was trying to upgrade and it could not be recognized 
either. I then put the DVD in another computer and it was read without 
any problems.

I don't know if you could have a problem similar or not.

What I did to overcome the problem was to boot the computer that would 
work with the dvd up, burn the dvd to iso, transfer the image over to 
the computer that I wanted to upgrade via SAMBA and then burn the ISO on 
the computer that I wanted to upgrade that only could do DVD+R with its 
built-in DVD+R burner. It worked for the disc to be formatted correctly 
and I was able to attempt an upgrade with the newly created disc from 
iso of disc which would not boot.

I don't know what was put on the disc but it was not DVD+R that was 
compatible with the updated computer.

Maybe put the DVD burner in the computer which you are burning the DVD's 
on that is for your new system and burn a disc on that device, 
Afterward, you can put it back into your $1200 of bricks and see if it 
would upgrade on it with a DVD burned on the same drive. If the burner 
is capable of either format, maybe try a DVD-R instead.

I'm probably not saying anything that will help you. I would like to at 
least attempt to give you other ideas for resolution.

Jim


> 
> Thanks,
>  
> Dave
> 
> 
> d