Bug 92156
| Summary: | RH9 Install Boot fails on ThinkPad A21p | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Iain Campbell <iain> |
| Component: | anaconda | Assignee: | Jeremy Katz <katzj> |
| Status: | CLOSED DUPLICATE | QA Contact: | Mike McLean <mikem> |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 9 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i686 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2006-02-21 18:53:21 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 92155 *** Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated. |
Description of problem: Boot of RH9 from CD or diskette fails on ThinkPad A21p (PIII 850, 384 mB RAM, ATI Rage 128 Mobility), making it impossible to install or upgrade to RH9. Kernel loads and configures OK, then when /sbin/loader runs, the system locks solid - cannot get to anaconda at all. Firmware on the suspect machine is at latest level - media used has been tested (boot linux mediacheck) and works OK on other machines. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RH9 How reproducible: 100% (unfortunately 8-( Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot from CD or diskette boot image 2. 3. Actual results: System locks solid - blank screen - just after /sbin/loader invoked. Expected results: Additional info: