Bug 12251

Summary:	install crash on compaq 900z laptop
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	Monky Fucker <budda>
Component:	Everything	Assignee:	Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) <drobbins>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	major
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Monky Fucker 2002-12-16 11:46:36 UTC

system hard freezes while loading, not kernal panic, crl+alt+del still works 
but, after crl+alt+del "no operating system detected" is the only message that 
is displade when it trys to inishilize the cd, manual restarted needed to eject 
cd. 

laptop spec's
ati 320m north bridge
ali ? south bridge
athlon4 1500+
realtek 8139c+ network chip
conextant hsf modem

Comment 1 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-12-16 15:42:06 UTC

What was printed to the screen right before it froze?

Comment 2 Bob Johnson (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-03-14 20:48:40 UTC

sounds like bad cdr, cant find bootloader on cd

need info

Comment 3 Andrew Cooks (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-02-07 05:14:05 UTC

This isn't related to bug 12616 at all, so it must be a bad CD or CDROM or something.

Comment 4 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-03-25 11:24:19 UTC

Moving these so we can remove the "Install CD" component from "Gentoo Linux".

I apologize to everyone for this spam, but according to the bugzilla developers,
this is the only reasonable way to do this.