16944 – 1.4rc3 stage1 liveCD kernel hang

Bug 16944 - 1.4rc3 stage1 liveCD kernel hang

Summary: 1.4rc3 stage1 liveCD kernel hang

Status:	RESOLVED LATER

Alias:	None

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

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

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Reported:	2003-03-06 00:56 UTC by Ron Palmer
Modified:	2003-03-06 22:50 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Ron Palmer 2003-03-06 00:56:00 UTC

Hardware is a Sager 8887 laptop with an internal 802.11b miniPCI card.

1.4rc3 liveCD will hang during kernel boot with an insmod error on 
orinoco_pci.  Adding nonet to boot options did not help.

1.4rc2 liveCD booted fine 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot with 1.4rc3 liveCD
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Comment 1 Bob Johnson (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-03-06 22:50:45 UTC

ok, newest livecds have latest orinoco drivers, better detection (hopefully :) )
and more options to totally disable all auto detection so you can 
get booted