Description of problem: I fetched boot.iso from the fedora development tree x86_64 version. It boots on my Athlon64/MSI K8 neo and asks me to select text or grapthis mode. I try linux failsafe poll=idle text + variations and soon it says oops unable to handle pagingrequest 3f80433698, rip=ffff801112d1 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: I have tried various boot options and all fail. This is about what I saw when I tried ginging too. Steps to Reproduce: 1. getch x86_64 boot.iso & make a CD 2. boot it on MSI K8 Neo, Athlon64 3200+ that runs RH9.0 happily 3. say "linux text" at prompt (and maybe ide=nodma, vga=6 etc) Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
fixed in current tree ?
I just fetched a Fedora Core 3 (64-bit) image and the initial boot of that gets much further than FC-1 did for me a year ago. I am not trying a full install right now since I do not want to disturm the SuSE install I rely on.. but it looks as if what used to bug me may now ahve been fixed. Thanks.