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hi!
i am trying to install fedora core6 on my comp...but the installation hangs at "loading /sbin/loader".....i tried "ide=nodma' but wont work.......
even the live cd doesnt work !
please help me out......
..
my config. is
intel e6400@2.4 ghz
asus p5w dh deluxe mobo
2x512 mb ram ddr2 800 corsair
250 gb hd seagate sata 2
etc....

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or try the following kernel parameters:

noapic acpi=off


or try using the Silicon Image SATA controller instead with SATA to PATA converters if you have to

finally try the JMicron controller



GL :-D






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hi!
i am trying to install fedora core6 on my comp...but the installation hangs at "loading /sbin/loader".....i tried "ide=nodma' but wont work.......
even the live cd doesnt work !
please help me out......
..
my config. is
intel e6400@2.4 ghz
asus p5w dh deluxe mobo
2x512 mb ram ddr2 800 corsair
250 gb hd seagate sata 2
etc....

Reply to linux_0

the problem you are having reminds me quite a bit of an issue that I had (and still have to some degree). For a long time, I couldn't use liveCDs or install FC5 or FC6 because the disk wouldn't even make it to anaconda. I eventually found out that my motherboard has incredibly shitty support for apic and acpi, so i learned I could get around that by using the kernel options when the disk first loads a prompt for you.

At the prompt I attached options like noacpi, acpi=off, noapic, nolapic

Try a combination of one or more to see which will work for you. If there are any other apic/acpi related kernel options available, try those too.

Be warned though, since you have a newer board, this might not be the problem since in theory the implimentation of ACPI should be better by now. HOWEVER, seeing as how you have an ASUS board like I do (although mine is quite a bit older), you might as well give it a shot and see what works for you.

After all the heartache my motherboard has given me, I don't think I will be trusting ASUS again any time soon :(

-Zorak

Reply to Zorak

I forgot to give you this link:

http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/inst [...] dware.html


Also a BIOS update may help fix this so try the latest BIOS. Make sure you backup your existing BIOS first. Because you may have to go back to it.

GL :-D

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