Bug 5713
| Summary: | text installer fails at the beginning. | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | giampiero.raschetti |
| Component: | installer | Assignee: | Jay Turner <jturner> |
| Status: | CLOSED DUPLICATE | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | high | ||
| Version: | 6.1 | CC: | bb44422, david.hagood, hermann.schichl, maha, srevivo |
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i386 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2000-02-11 20:32:44 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
giampiero.raschetti
1999-10-08 07:24:35 UTC
I have had the same problem with 5.9, 6.0 and 6.1. The only way I was able to get it to install was to go graphic install, but hook up an external monitor, because the graphic installer will NOT get the clocks right for the video. *** Bug 5722 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Installation with pcmcia.img hangs on a Gericom Overdose 6200 Notebook at the Welcome Screen no matter whether in graphical, text or expert mode. The chosen install type was FTP. Loading of second stage was successful, after language and kbd selection. The keyboard goes dead - just hitting the power button works - not even console switching. After 20 tries, I managed to switch consoles just before the notebook hung, and apparently the last thing it tries to do is to insmod raid5.o. ------- Additional Comments From jceklosk 10/14/99 11:48 ------- I have a Jetta 7050XL (Mitac 5033) with the same problem. I am going to rebuild the install disk and not install the raid stuff. This bug has been in Redhat since 5.9! *** Bug 6051 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** On Broadaxe 6280 laptops (PentiumMMX or Winchip 2 CPU), after selecting the language and keyboard type, at the welcome screen, the installer locks up. Cannot switch VC's, cannot 3key-salute. Only a poweroff works. This happens both for pcmcia/network installs as well as local CDROM installs. This has been verified on several different machines. If I can do anything to provide more information (e.g. add switches to the LILO prompt & re-run) I will be more than happy to do so. Otherwise, if it is possible to run the installer script itself from an already installed system (i.e. perform an upgrade) I'd rather do that. ------- Additional Comments From jturner 10/18/99 12:37 ------- Try running the installer in text mode (type "text" at the boot prompt) That should allow you to perform the installation. Reopen the bug if you are still having problems. ------- Additional Comments From wowbagger 10/18/99 14:51 ------- This happens in both "expert" and "text" mode. ------- Additional Comments From wowbagger 10/18/99 17:24 ------- This happens in both "expert" and "text" mode. *** Bug 6174 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Sorry if this is the wrong module, but I am a newbie. I am trying to install on my laptop over ftp with rh6.1 (2.2.12- 20), and after it loads the ram disk from the ftp site. Console 4 shows something about entering raidlevel(5), and then it freezes. I have a compaq LTE5100 (P90, 24mb, 840mb, no cdrom), and using a xircom "CreditCard ehternet+modem 33.6". I was looking for a similar bug, but couldn't find any thing. It locks up the system, and you cannot soft reboot, or turn on/off caps and numlock. Again, I am sorry if I am sending this to the wrong "componet". .Ben ------- Additional Comments From notting 10/21/99 13:47 ------- What happens if you hit 'i' to boot in interactive mode. Which service does it freeze at? This lock up is STILL happening with the new images just released. I know they did not specifically say they fixed it, but it was worth a shot. If we think it's the raid stuff, how can we alter the loader to NOT load the raid stuff? This bug has been in Redhat since 5.9 Beta when the raid and 2.2 kernel appeared. Here is what I did. I booted with the boot image, but did not have the CD in the drive. It booted fine with no lockup. It's when it loads info from the CD ie. the raid stuff, it locks up. Also why is the raid stuff even on the boot CD's? Can you make the raid stuff an OPTION? ------- Additional Comments From 10/22/99 13:21 ------- I've resolved a similar locking problem on several notebooks by uncommenting the "#exclude irq3" line which resides in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts which is in the initrd.img which is in the pcmcia.img. Evidently this causes a unresolvable irq conflict on some laptops. The lockup seems similar to a lockup I experienced when I enabled APM. I need to try rebuilding the install kernel with APM turned off and see if that resolves the problem ------- Additional Comments From 10/22/99 14:58 ------- I did some testing, and in my case (Gericom Overdose) it apparently is NOT the raid module. I rewrote the loader to not insmod the raid modules, and it still locks up. anaconda and anaconda.real are started, and right after displaying the welcome screen anaconda.real (and apparently the kernel) hangs. When anaconda is changed to drop a shell, the notebook works well. The moment when exec anaconda.real <lots of parameters> is entered, the hangup happens. I tried the RHEA-1999:045 update, and it still locks up. Does the 6.1 install kernel have APM enabled? If it does, can we get a build that has it disabled? This lockup is suspiciously like a lockup I had when I actived "Make Idle calls" in the kernel. The configuration file kernel-2.2.12-i386-BOOT.config from the kernel package says # CONFIG_APM is not set So APM support is already disabled. I have the same problem on a Mitac 5033 with AMD K6/2 300Mhz CPU. Is the make idle CPU calls enabled on the boot disk kernels? I know this locks my laptop solid if it is. I have the same problem on a Mitac 5033 with AMD K6/2 300Mhz CPU. Is the make idle CPU calls enabled on the boot disk kernels? I know this locks my laptop solid if it is. ------- Additional Comments From 11/01/99 14:59 ------- Hi, I have the same problem, but not on a'laptop... I'm trying to install LINUX 6.1 on a 166 mhz pentium PC 32 mb mem. I found out that if you switch screens from CTRL,ALT,F3 to CTRL,ALT,F1 at about 5 a'10 seconds after raid5.o loads the instalation does'nt hang !! (I know this is not a solution, but it works, sometimes....... Richard v/d Meer *** Bug 6354 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** I received e-mail that my instance of this bug had been fixed, but I cannot find any updates to the installer to test this. Am I missing something? *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 5575 *** |