installing f8/hang at 'loading ata_piix' PROGRESS but now 'ata1.00 exception .... frozen'

[Mark Knoop]

John Minson wrote:
> by 'installer' do you mean the boot parms ?

Yes.

> Mark Knoop wrote:
>> John Minson wrote:
>>>
>>> after fighting with the 'loading ata_piix driver' issue I managed to 
>>> get fc8 installed via a usb dvd drive . the install went fine but now 
>>> when I boot off the hd (sata) I eventually get
>>>
>>> ata1.00 exception emask 0x0 sactt serr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
>>>
>>> it then displays 'loading udev' and hangs
>>>
>>> once again this problem (or some variant there of) has been reported 
>>> lots but no clear indication of what to do.
>>> I keep seeing references to the 'libpata' module having issues
>>>
>>
>> I had similar issues (what is your hardware?) which I finally solved by
>> telling the installer which modules to load instead of relying on the
>> probe. I also have to use the 'noirqdebug' because of irq problems with
>> my motherboard bios.
>>
>> Try appending the following to your install line:
>>
>> module=ata_piix module=pata_jmicron module=ata_generic noirqdebug
>>
>> and:
>>
>> noirqdebug
>>
>> to the kernel line in grub.

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Mark Knoop