Description of problem: anaconda stops after /sbin/loader. I tried: nofb, text, text updates all the same, after /sbin/loader a blue screen comes up and all stops there. How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot the cd Actual Results: Hang after /sbin/loader Expected Results: Go on with install Additional info: Hardware: http://www.beta.redhat.com/betahardware.cgi?action=form&id=6 with a cdrom in place of cdrw, as cdrw cannot cope with the kind of media the beta cds are made with. HD=hda, cdrom=hdb, on the same 80 wires ata cable errors: ALT-FX, CTRL+ALT-FX do not work deterministically, but after playing for sometime the vt screen came up: "... timeout waiting for dma blah blah dma supported_func: 14 ..." Don't remember exactly the message because I rebooted and could not make the vt screen to appear anymore. cdrom model as shown by BIOS boot-up screen: CRD-8400B BTW, the cdrw model is PCRW804
Brent is this a candidate for the nodma option?
This defect considered SHOULD-FIX for Fairfax gold-release.
CRD-8400B has recently been added to the "known bad DMA list", you can force this by using "ide=nodma" on the commandline.
Closing as "fixed in rawhide" as the entry is now in the rawhide kernel.