When I've tried to install Gentoo Linux 2006.0 on my AthlonXP noname PC (VIA82xx chipset, 1 GB RAM, nVidia GeForce2 MX400 video), LiveCD loading hangs on "Booting the system (68%)...". In Verbose mode I have following: ----- * Detected 1 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1900+ 1593MHz CPU WARNING: Autodetecting seem to hang, please check your computer's BIOS settings. * Not Loading APM BIOS suport ... [ ok ] ----- I've tried to load fail-safe BIOS defaults, but that didn't help. I have installed Gentoo on this box previously (2005 releases), and had no problems.
What command-line options did you use at boot? Any?
i have had the same problem, it was the nic smc 1211tx i interrupted the startscript right when it detects the cpu when i then inserted the module 8139too manually the system hangs maybe that helps
Marcus, that helps only for your exact problem. Without more information, I can't really help you. I would probably say that you should file your own bug, since it is unlikely the both of you have the same NIC.
No response from bug poster. Feel free to REOPEN this bug with the answer to my query.
