Bug 44421

Summary:	VIA EPIA won't boot with 2004.0 LiveCD
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	Tim Fleming <timothy_j_fleming>
Component:	Everything	Assignee:	Gentoo LiveCD Package Maintainers <livecd>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Tim Fleming 2004-03-11 22:53:49 UTC

Trying to boot a VIA EPIA with the 2004.0 LiveCD gives "Extremely broken BIOS".  The same CD boots a VIA M6000 fine.

I was able to install Gentoo 2004.0 (stage 1) on this PC after booting with a Knoppix CD.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Insert LiveCD
2. Boot computer
3.

Actual Results:  
I don't have the exact message.  Something to the effect:

Extremely broken BIOS detected, last attempt with drive
Boot failed: Press any key to retry...

Comment 1 Benjamin Judas (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-03-22 02:37:20 UTC

This bug is the result of "strange" hardware with a kernel that hasn't much support for it.