Bug 492254

Summary:	The installer hangs when loading vmlinuz
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	Mark Wu <dwu>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	4.8	CC:	atodorov, benl, ddumas, jgranado
Target Milestone:	beta
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Hardware:	i686
OS:	Linux
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Description Mark Wu 2009-03-26 05:34:17 UTC

Description of problem:
The installer hangs when I install RHEL 4.8 Beta on a Dell PC

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
I have reproduced it on other Dell PCs.

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:
Can't install the system

Expected results:
complete the installation successfully

Additional info:

Comment 1 Denise Dumas 2009-03-26 12:51:54 UTC

Mark, can you please provide details about how you are doing the installation, how far you get, media you are using, etc so we can debug this?

Comment 2 Alexander Todorov 2009-03-26 14:32:33 UTC

Mark,
are you using the diskboot.img to extract vmlinuz and initrd.img files or you're using the images under pxeboot/ directory?

See bug #492254 for a similar issue on ia64 when using the boot.img

Comment 3 Mark Wu 2009-03-26 14:45:32 UTC

I used the DVD media to perform the installation. After the boot prompt
appeared, I just hit enter key and it will show the message "Loading vmlinuz
..." then no response. I have tried the boot parameter "linux noprobe", it
still didn't work. And I can use that media to install the system on a
Laptop(Thinkpad T61) successfully. Because the it hangs too early, I can't get
any detailed information.

Comment 4 Mark Wu 2009-03-26 14:47:01 UTC

I am not using diskboot.img or PXE image, just install it from DVD

Comment 5 Alexander Todorov 2009-03-26 15:47:58 UTC

Mark,
if I understand correctly this fails on a Dell machine and works on a Lenovo laptop. Can you give the hostnames of these machines? It could be machine dependent and RTT may not be able to reproduce.

Comment 6 Joel Andres Granados 2009-03-26 16:42:32 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 492331 ***