Bug 23390

Summary:	Installation lockup just after the hardware detection
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	Christophe ROY <cf>
Component:	Everything	Assignee:	Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) <drobbins>
Status:	RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Christophe ROY 2003-06-24 10:08:12 UTC

Launching the Gentoo 1.4rc4 install CD, i type gentoo as kernel to load, 
select my keyboard, and let the installation do its job. Then it detects my 
CPU, does the hardware detection (up to 100%), and then, nothing, system 
lockup, no HD access nor CDROM access, Ctrl-Alt-Del does not work, but NumLock 
works (not usual for a crash). I just have to do reset on my computer.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start installation, selecting gentoo
2. Choose 80*25 for display
3. Choose fr keyboard
4. Wait. After the hardware detection, it seems crashed

Actual Results:  
Crash. No access on HD nor CD. No Ctrl-Alt-Del

Expected Results:  
Continue the installation!

Can't go up to a console, so can't paste emerge info.
My system:
Motherboard Asus A7N266-C with latest bios (nForce 415-D)
CPU Athlon XP 2000+
Ram: Mushkin PC2100 256MB + Kingston PC2100 256MB
Graphic Card: based on GeForce 4 Ti4200 with AGP 8x, with 128MB on it.
HD: IBM 120GXP 80GB and Maxtor 40GB
Sound: SB Live 5.1
Network: 3com 3c905TX 100mb

Comment 1 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-08-09 18:00:17 UTC

Can you try a 1.4_final cd and let me know how it works? it should work fine.

Comment 2 Heinrich Wendel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-11-24 03:23:55 UTC

please test with 1.4 final

Comment 3 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-03-25 11:24:25 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.