Fedora 10 Installation: Hangs at *Disabling IRQ #9*

[Yang Yang Hu]

David,
   
    The live CD doesn't work. Instead, at boot, I get *irq 9: nobody 
cared* and the boot screen recommends I try booting with the *irqpoll* 
parameter. But how do I pass this parameter?

Thanks,
Yang

David Timms wrote:
> On 20/05/09 08:03, Yang Yang Hu wrote:
>> I'm currently running a Windows Vista machine, and I'm trying to install
>> 64-bit Fedora 10 to dual boot.
>>
>> I run into my problem after I select the *Install* option from the
>> Fedora welcome screen, as the installer tries to load but then stops at
>> *Disabling IRQ #9*.
> Is that before or after VT switch becomes possible ? (ctrl-alt-f2)
>
>> It continues to stall until the computer overheats,
>> and while it hangs, the disk does not do work.
>>
>> Is this a common bug in the Fedora 10 installer?
> No. It is probably hardware specific. F10 install worked well for most 
> users. It would be good to see a smolt hardware profile for the 
> machine; you could do this by trying an F10 live cd, and running 
> smolt-sendprofile when that is running (if it works).
>
>> How can I fix this?
> See if you can find a matching bug in bugzilla.redhat.com.
> There might be a kernel installer parameter like noapic etc that can 
> workaround the issue.
>
> DaveT.
>