Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 125995
Installer hangs: Loading usb-storage driver...
Last modified: 2015-01-04 17:07:01 EST
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 Description of problem: When attempting to install Fedora Core on a new hard drive (hdb) the installer hangs on a blue screen. At the top is "Welcome to Fedora". In a message box in the center: "Loading usb-storage device...". Will not proceed past this point. Installed Fedora Core 2.0 onto 2 older Dells (GXa and GX1) from same media without incident. Previous bug reporsts quoting similar wording: 121253 and 122397. Note: Machine has a pci usb card "SIIG USB 2.0 Dual-Port PCI Host Adapter". Seems to have been recognized and configured by Kudzu in previous versions of Red Hat (7.2, 8.0, and 9.0 already existing and multi-booted on hdb). Booted with GRUB. Hardware: Dell 4100, 800MHz CPU. Native USB 1.0. PCI USB 2.0 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.5-1.358 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot from Fedora Core 2.0 2.6.5-1.358 install media 2. Press ENTER at boot prompt 3. Actual Results: Installer hung on a blue screen. At the top is "Welcome to Fedora". In a message box in the center: "Loading usb-storage device...". Will not proceed past this point. Expected Results: The installation should have proceeded normally. Additional info:
Booting with 'linux nousbstorage' will avoid loading the usb-storage driver as a workaround.
Additional information: Using "boot: linux nousb" at the boot prompt will allow the installation to proceed to completion. However, once the install has completed and the system reboots, the 1st reboot after install will hang at "Checking for new hardware". Boot will not proceed. System appears to be unbootable. Three USB drivers appear to successfully load during bootup.
Additional information: Removing the SIIG USB 2.0 Dual-Port PCI Host Adapter had no effect. Bootup still hangs at "Checking for new hardware".
Additional information: During bootup the following message appears: agpgart: Detected an Intel i815 chipset but could not find the secondary device.
Will start new bug report concerning the hang at "Checking for new hardware" during bootup.
Found the same problem with an Asus P4C800-E Deluxe motherboard with an 875P chipset. When I removed the USB connection to a Mitsumi FA402A Floppy Drive + 6 in 1 memory card reader, the problem went away - strongly suggests there is some problem with driver support for this product (it works fine under XP). After completing installation I reconnected the USB port of the 6 in 1 memory card reader (the Floppy Drive still is connected via IDE) and the system runs fine; although, I have not tried to access any flash devices through the 6 in 1 memory card reader - doubt it will work, but it's not essential for my use.
I am seeing this problem on Intel's "Laguna" motherboard (Intel SDP D3x2600 series). This board has the Intel 925X Chipset. So if it is the same bug, this problem is not i686 specific.
Have same issue with FC3 on an Asus P3 Via based motherboard with a USB ECS 6 in 1 memory card reader. Installation stops with same message directly after installing an Adaptec AHA 2940UW PCI scsi card driver. Probably will work if I unplug the reader inside the case but I don't really feel I should have to considering other distros work....currently installed Suse 9.1 is ok as are numerous live cds I have tried. ..dr
Fedora Core 2 has now reached end of life, and no further updates will be provided by Red Hat. The Fedora legacy project will be producing further kernel updates for security problems only. If this bug has not been fixed in the latest Fedora Core 2 update kernel, please try to reproduce it under Fedora Core 3, and reopen if necessary, changing the product version accordingly. Thank you.