The cd kernel dies just after detecting all attached IDE devices. Here's the kernel output visible by pressing F1 or F2.. (Please excuse any typos) --snip-- ICH5: IDE Controller at PCI slot 00:1f.1 PCI: enabling device 00:1f.1 (0005 -> 0007) ICH5: Chipset Revision 2 ICH5: 100% native mode on irq 11 ide0: BM-DMA at 0xef90-0xef97, BIOS settings: *** SNIP *** ide1: BM-DMA ** snip ** ICH5-SATA: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:1f.2 ICH5-SATA: Chipset revision 2 ICH5-SATA: 100% native mode on irq 11 ide2: BM-DMA ** snip ** ide3: BM-DMA ** snip ** hdc: HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8162B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdd: PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W5224A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hde: Maxtor 6Y120M0, ATA DISK drive blk: queue c03bc505, I/O limit 4095 Mb (mask 0xffffffff) ide1 at 0xefa0-0xefa7, 0xefaa on irq 11 ide2 at 0xef88-0xef8f, 0xef86 on irq 11 hdc attached ide-disk driver ----- HANGS ---- Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Insert CD into DVD drive 2. Turn on power 3. Cry Actual Results: Hangs Expected Results: Should have booted into the installer I imagine. I've tried all the kernel parameters I could think about...
meanwhile i used knoppix
I was able to resolve this problem by doing BIOS upgrade on my Intel desktop board (I have D865PERL at work and it was brand new but still contained relatively old BIOS!) Upgraded BIOS is available at http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/support_intel.asp (use search) Now I can use official, released gentoo 2004.0 minimal live cd to install my system!
thx 4 info
