Description of Problem: User can't boot installer on Dell Latitude c600... Hangs around language selection or keyboard selection. How Reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. insert boot floppy (made from standard boot..img) 2. boot with CDROM in... 3. macihne hard locks Actual Results: Machine frezes... Expected Results: Installation... Additional Information: His CDROM is on the Docking station... He is using the floppy to boot because this CDROM is not bootable. I have Cc:'d him on this report...
These are the messages I managed to see in the log screen before the lockup: <6>(SCSI0)<Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI adapter> found at PCI 2/7/0 <6>(SCSI0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs <6>(SCSI0) Downloading sequencer code... 436 instructions downloaded <4>(SCSI0) Couldn't register IRQ 10, ignoring controller This is the result of lspci on RH7.0 (2.2.19-7.0.1) for the SCSI: 02:07.0 SCSI Storage Controller: Adaptec AIC-7880U (Rev 02)
I think you should use the pcmcia.img and pcmciadd.img for the boot disks on laptops. Does using those instead of boot.img help?
I'll give it a try but won't be until 6/18 as I am out of town and don't have the 7.1 distribution disks with me.
Ok. Putting in NEEDINFO until then.
Using the pcmcia.img and the pcmciadd.img I get a farther but it still breaks: Running anaconda - pleas wait... Oops: 0000 CPU: 0 EIP: 0010:[<d10678a5>] EFLAGS: 00010216 eax: c0271c60 ebx: c02715a0 ecx: cf6e4908 edx: c0271c60 esi: cf6e4878 edi: cf6e487a ebp: 00000246 esp: c0241f4c ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss:018 Process swapper (pid: 0, stackpage=c0241000) Stack: 00000000 c025f550 00000000 c022bcd4 c011971b c02715a0 c0116b44 00000000 c0116a79 00000000 00000001 c025f560 0000000e c0116993 c025f560 c0241fac 00000000 c025d900 c010a19b c0240000 c0107210 c0240000 0006e000 c0108f58 Call Trace: [<c011971b>] [<c0116b44>] [<c0116a79>] [<c0116993>] [<c010a19b>] [<c0107210>] [<c0108f58>] [<c0107210>] [<c0107233>] [<c010729a>] [<c0105000>] [<c0100191>] Code: 69 64 31 3a 20 25 73 3a 20 72 65 73 63 68 65 64 75 6c 69 6e Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler! In interrupt handler - not syncing
The error you are getting looks like a kernel Oops. Changing component to the kernel.
What kind of cdrom drive is this ?
It's a Sony CD-RW CRX700E. It's in the docking station.
Any progress on this bug? I'd like to install 7.1 someday. BTW, I also tried installing from the CD-RW in one of the laptop bays (vs the docking station) and had the same results.
Closing due to inactivity. Johnray