"Loading pata_it821x driver" never ends, F7 installation

[Paul Smith]

On 6/1/07, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > I am trying to install F7, but the process seems
> > deadlocked when
> > >
> > > "Loading pata_it821x driver".
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> >
> > In addition, I have just checked that my F7 dvd is
> > well recorded,
> > since the sha1sums match. Since the installation dvd
> > will never be
> > changed, will I have to wait for F8 to see this
> > nasty problem solved?
>
> Sometimes you have to be patient.  The same thing
> happened to me with the F 7 Test 2 DVD.  The process
> appeared to hang and asking for
> pata_amd.  I got a kernel panic and I thought to
> myself, this is doomed.  I left it for a while came
> back and the installation was successful.  Give it
> some time, go burn some time come back and hopefully
> it goes through, if it does not work, please report
> back.

Thanks, Antonio. I have been patient and I have tried to install F7 a
dozen of times at different moments, but the reported problem
persists. An installation dvd that does not install anything is an
useless installation dvd. I was not expecting such a thing from
Fedora, to be honest.

Paul