Bug 161237

Summary: Running installer from CD fails on newer hardware
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Stefan Neufeind <redhat>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Description Stefan Neufeind 2005-06-21 16:35:47 UTC 
Booting with a fresh FC4-copy from CD (media is okay, works on a different 
computer and is checked), I experienced difficulties even getting into the 
installer. This happed both on a newer server-system as well as on a new 
desktop machine.

When booting a kernel-panic is reported.

The servers have motherboard Intel D865GLC, Bios Rev.P24.
The desktop machine has Asus P5P800 as motherboard.

Installing FC3 worked fine, and I even could upgrade and afterwards use FC4.

Is there something wrong related to the kernel used for the installer? Why does 
this only affect newer hardware? Is this maybe SATA-related?

Reading the thread at:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=59051
I found:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?postid=284825#post284825

[...] when you get the install screen just type anything and press enter.

after that just hit enter again. The Installation will proceed normally [...]


For this to work I needed to switch the SATA disk to compatibility mode. Then 
the installer started fine. Afterwards it reported some more problems - but 
that's another case imho.
Comment 1 Dave Jones 2005-06-25 03:20:09 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 159026 ***