upgrade from F7 to F8 freeze at beginning

[Frank Elsner]

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:36:21 +1100 David Timms wrote:
> BB Cao wrote:
> > I was trying to upgrade to F8 on my Dell Inspiron B130 laptop with
> > i386 install DVD. I didn't have any device connect to my laptop.  The
> > installation stops at very beginning, right after,
> > 
> > "...(I skip other information here) running install ... running
> > /sbin/loader"
> > 
> > Anybody could help me with that? I made my install DVD twice already,
> > each time I downloaded F8 from different sites even. The problem is
> > still there. My F7 works fine though. Thanks in advance.

I had this problem with my Lenovo C200.
Putting 
         acpi=off
                  to the boot command solved the problem, at least for me :-)


--Frank Elsner