From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) Description of problem: When I try and boot my machine into the Fedora installer from a floppy disk (one from the Fedora site) it gets as far as to try and load /sbin/loader before hanging. It is a hard lock, and nothing short of pulling the battery out (yeah, I know, the manual advises against it) will shut it down. The last message I get from the console is the 'Initializing /sbin/loader' message, and then I get a black screen. My hardware is: Mitac MiNote 6020T Notebook Pentium 3 497Mhz (Coppermine) 128Mb SDRAM 6,194 Mb Toshiba HDD (5400RPM) ATI Mach 64-based GFX card (Actual card is an 'ATI Rage Pro 128' with 8Mb VRAM) Keyboard and mouse are inbuilt TEAC 12x CDROM (internal) Onboard sound As a final note, I have tried the following installer options: 1. Default 2. skipddc 3. noprobe 4. text Thanks, Dani Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora Core 1 (Stable) How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Load the Fedora boot floppy 2. Insert CD when prompted 3. Try whichever boot option you please Actual Results: Laptop hangs with a black screen. Expected Results: Installer carries on working Additional info: I currently have Debian 3.0r1 (stable) on the laptop (don't shoot me!) which uses an older version of XFree86. Fedora, on the other hand uses XFree86 4.3.0 I believe.
Does booting with 'linux nofb' help?
Yes, it now boots into Anaconda without any problems! Thanks!
I have almost the same problem: anaconda crashes at "running /sbin/loader" I tried "linux nofb", results the cursor is blinking but the system crashes again. everything else I tried, system freezes and no blinking cursor. my system: -athlon xp 2200+ on msi motherboard kt4v series with via kt400 chipset -512 ddram (400 samnung I gues) -hdd maxtor fireball3 40 gb (c:\ 10 gb system xp - uups...-; d:\ 20 gb for everything; and 10 gb for Fedora red hat); please don't let me down cause I use winxp for some reason... -asus cdrom 50x -logitech cordless mouse & keyboard -modem internal intel 5628 -network on board via rhine II fast ethernet -display sony multiscan 20 se -sound sb live! -tv tunner pinnacle pro thank you
I've got this problem too. I'm attempting to install Fedora Core 1 from a cdrom. Nofb, noprobe, text, and several other boot options I thought could help me didn't work. Same result everytime: hard hang at /sbin/loader. I've yet to try other media sources for installation. I installed RH 8 earlier with no installation problems. The only difference between my system at the time I installed RH 8 and my system now is a new motherboard, an Abit KV7. The mobo at the time of the RH 8 installation was a leaky Gigabyte 7VRXP. No change in peripherals. I read that some USB controllers might be causing problems at /sbin/loader. The KV7 uses a standard VIA USB 2.0 controller. No exotic hardware except possibly an onboard SATA RAID controller which is not in use and is disabled in BIOS. I confirmed the md5s on the isos I used. 'linux mediacheck' didn't work because it crashed at /sbin/loader too. system: Athlon XP 2000+ Abit KV7 mobo with via KT600 chipset Pioneer DVD-ROM 106 Nvidia GeForce Ti 4600 Via onboard ethernet Please ask if any more information would be useful.
nousb got me past the /sbin/loader hang, but now it is hanging in kudzu (I believe) after trying to detect the monitor.
I had exactly the same problem with a new Athlon XP 2600+, 1GB RAM on an MSI KT6V-LSR motherboard. The critical factor turned out to be "USB Legacy Support" being enabled in the BIOS (I use a USB mouse, so had it enabled because I had needed it before). With this setting enabled, the boot would reach /sbin/loader, the cursor would flash exactly three times, then stop - the system would freeze. Similar effect with "linux nofb", though "linux nousb nopcmcia nofirewire nofb" did get all the way to the text mode installer OK. I disabled USB Legacy Support in the BIOS (it's under "Integrated Peripherals"), and the installer starts just fine.
I have a similar problem with core2 test3 , when I start to install system hung and no more run. I have a P4-2400 with ASUS P4P800 and 5 IDE unit (2 PATA+CD+DVD+1 SATA). - ATI 9500 Pro + Syncmaster 171 (LCD). - On board 3COM 2000 NIC. With old release (test 2) system start and hang during partitioning. With test 3 system non start initially. Thanks for your help.
This should be happier with current releases.
I have the same problem installing FC4 on my laptop. It freezes after it displays the /sbin/loader... I have tried linux nofb but still it doesn't work. Help needed please... -- Asus A6B00R Laptop Intel Celeron M Processor 370 ATI Radeon Express 200M 15.4 WXGA TFT LCD