15509 – boot sequence hang-up/freeze

Bug 15509 - boot sequence hang-up/freeze

Summary: boot sequence hang-up/freeze

Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Release Media
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 All

Importance:	High critical (vote)
Assignee:	Daniel Robbins (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2003-02-11 15:10 UTC by gregor pfyffer
Modified:	2003-11-12 07:33 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description gregor pfyffer 2003-02-11 15:10:25 UTC

I put the cd (1.4rc2 livecd) in the drive and it booted correctly, isolinux 
worked fine 
but then the trouble started, no option i added could avoid the system to hang 
up during first boot just after detection of the last drive.the screen reads:

...
hdd: _NEC DV-5700A
spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7

then nothing anymore just a blinking cursor.
None of the startup options suggested by isolinux changed anything, I tried 
every combination.



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot the 1.4rc2 livecd


Actual Results:  
system freezes

Expected Results:  
continuing booting kernel
then installing gentoo

my system: 

AMD Athlon 900Mhz
640Mb RAM
Abit KT7A-Raid
Seagate Barracuda 40GB on IDE1
Plextor Plexwriter 4012A on IDE3
NEC DV-5700A on IDE2
two Maxtor 40GB on HPT370 Raid controller

Comment 1 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-09-09 16:14:31 UTC

How is 1.4 final?

Comment 2 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-11-12 07:33:14 UTC

closing due to lack of feedback