Description of problem: Kernel hangs during initial boot. Last messages on screen are: Compat vDSO mapped to ffffe000. Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. ACPI: Core revision 20070126 _ The cursor is stopped where the '_' character is. I am doing a PXE boot, but I have seen the same failure if I boot via a USB stick as well. Setup is simple for pxe boot: dhcp server set to return filename "/tftpboot/pxelinux.0", and the pxe config file is basically copied from the f10 netinst iso image. This is on a supermicro C2SEE mainboard with the Intel G43 chipset. I have also seen the same failure at the same point with the Fedora 9 install image (via PXE). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Actual results: kernel hangs as above. Expected results: installation diaglogs should appear on screen. Additional info:
Problem was resolved by booting kernel with acpi=no option. This likely means the problem is really in the ACPI stuff from the mainboard.