From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705) Description of problem: When attempting to install Redhat 8.0, the kernel (from floppy, boot.img) dies when attempting to sort out APICs on Pentium Pro 200 (one cpu). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot from boot.img image floppy 2. press return when syslinux splash screen appears 3. Actual Results: Hangs on following line: ESR: value before enabling vector: 00000004 Expected Results: Should boot fine e.t.c... Additional info: Providing noapic and/or nosmp as boot options does not help.
can you try "apic" instead ?
Trying 'linux apic' makes no difference - same symptoms. Any further suggestions?
Arjan - some early ppro boxes wont boot with an apic aware kernel.
I have the same problem with a Pentium II on a Tyan S1686S motherboard. This problem is present in phoebe as well.
Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem persists. The Fedora Legacy project (http://fedoralegacy.org/) maintains some older releases, and if you believe this bug is interesting to them, please report the problem in the bug tracker at: http://bugzilla.fedora.us/