Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 245286
F7 CD/DVD hangs with message "Ready" even when SATA drive is disconnected and onboard SATA controller is disabled
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:12:08 EST
Description of problem: FC7 test4 CD/DVD hangs with message "Ready" after loading the kernel. In contrast to bug #239585, even without the SATA drive, the kernel hangs at READY. That bug implied unplugging the drive cables, but I will not try unplugging any drive cable while the machine is running, which is dangerous in my opinion. See http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=158365 for my post that goes into great detail for the things I have tried. Notably, even when I disconnect the one SATA cable from the motherboard, and disable the on-board SATA controller, the F7 DVD boot sequence still hangs at "READY". I'm marking this as a kernel issue because it seems more related to kernel initialization than an anaconda issue. Note that I have also tried installing the FC6 DVD (x86, not x86_64) and its DVD installed onto the first SATA drive just fine, but upon first boot into the SATA drive after installation, the screen shows: GRUB Loading stage2... <blink> where <blink> is the cursor sitting there and nothing happening. The theory is that the kernel is failing to initialize properly here since at least GRUB managed to get to stage2. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): This is using FC7 rescue cd media This was on the second Abit KN9 SLI motherboard using BIOS ID 20. How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use any F7 boot media 2. Boot 3. System hangs with message: "Ready" Actual results: Hangs at "Ready". Expected results: Media should boot normally. Additional info: Ubuntu 7.04 64bit Desktop edition Alternate CD also hangs. But, I heard that it is still considered to be in beta. I have tried all kernel options that have been documented to no affect. I've tried changing the video card from a PCI-Express Nvidia card to a PCI card, with no affect. Hardware specifics: * Motherboard: Abit KN9 SLI (NVidia NForce 570 SLI) (v1.00 on sticky, BIOS version 20) * RAM: Corsair Twin 2x2048-6400 (DDR2-800) (4GB total) * Video Card: XFX PVT71JUHE4 GeForce 7950GT 570M 256MB DDR3 HDCP DUAL DVI * CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 65W AM2 2.4Ghz Dual-Core (OPN: AD04600CUBOX) * Power supply: Seasonic S12 430W * DVDRW: Plextor PX-740A (on master IDE connector, pinned as Master) * Floppy drives: Combo 3.5" and 5.25" on the one floppy connector * HD: Seagate 320G ST 7K 16M SATA2 ST3320620NS on first SATA connector
I gave up and went with a different motherboard, a Abit Fatal1ty AN9 32X, as I've exhausted all options on the KN9 SLI. There is some chance that the Abit KN9 SLI is a badly designed board, and that nothing can be done about it in the Linux kernel. I'll leave this bug open in case I'm wrong, and someone with more knowledge than I wants to investigate it further. See http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=158365&page=2&pp=15 for more details as to what I (bgoodr) tried there. See post 36 (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/showpost.php?p=816758&postcount=36) on that thread for where I gave up on the KN9 SLI. bgoodr
Fixing component and reassigning.
An Update: note that I changed out the motherboard from a Abit KN9 SLI to a Fatal1ty AN9 32X but kept everything else the same. With that new setup, I succeeded in installing the FC7 x86_32 DVD. See the current Smolt profile with that new motherboard at http://smolt.fedoraproject.org/show?UUID=d5c71955-b2b6-4f61-823d-b9919a31c45f Reference my HCL report at: http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php?product=3881#review1 (pardon the malformed HTML in that post ... that forum has a bug in its enhanced WYSIWYG). bgoodr
Hello, I'm reviewing this bug as part of the kernel bug triage project, an attempt to isolate current bugs in the fedora kernel. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelBugTriage I am CC'ing myself to this bug. As you are now using alternate hardware it might be difficult to troubleshoot further therefore I am considering closing this bug as CANTFIX. If you are still able to test please could you try the latest version of Fedora 8, available from: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/Download as this would be a help in trying to fix this in time for the next release. Cheers Chris
Hi Chris, I would be happy to do that, but unfortunately I do not have access to that motherboard anymore. I suspect that motherboard's design or BIOS to be broken. I suspect your project is not funded enough to purchase that specific brand of motherboard to retest. If that is the case, you have really no choice but to close this ticket. Hopefully it will show up in web searches to ward people away from it. bgoodr
Hi Brent, You're right about the funding. I'm sorry it took a while to getting around to this. I will close as CANTFIX then but thanks for lodging the bug anyway - good move on adding the HCL entry, I will note this for future reference. The bug you mentioned at: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=239585 might even be the resolution you were looking for... Cheers Chris