From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 4.0) Description of problem: Starting RH8 installer from CD on my Compaq presario 1525 laptop (a valid one already tested OK on my Desktop Computer ) . Installer boot image, finds my hard disk and then tries to scan it it hangs on hda : No error message appears. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Start Installer (from CD or Floppy) 2.Wait for standard install procedure to start 3. Actual Results: installer hangs Expected Results: installer continues Additional info:
It works with kernel option ide=nodma