11828 – Unable to boot with CD on HP Laptop

Bug 11828 - Unable to boot with CD on HP Laptop

Summary: Unable to boot with CD on HP Laptop

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

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

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Reported:	2002-12-09 03:39 UTC by patg68
Modified:	2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description patg68 2002-12-09 03:39:11 UTC

Hi there
I've got a HP Omnibook xe4400, and want to install gentoo. The problem is that 
Any one of the gentoo boot CDs available freeze my comp after complete boot 
process.

Comment 1 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-12-10 10:20:58 UTC

try http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/experimental/livecd/ (the "basic" one) and see if
it fares any better.

Comment 2 patg68 2002-12-10 12:37:25 UTC

I tried this iso, but the problem still remains...

Comment 3 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-12-16 11:12:40 UTC

Please let me know the last thing printed to the screen before the system locks
up when using the new experimental "basic" livecd. That information would be
helpful to potentially further track this bug. Thanks.

Comment 4 patg68 2002-12-16 12:36:46 UTC

Seems I mis-understood the problem. In fact, the problem was the keyboard that
wasn't working any more after boot. To solve it I disabled the "legacy device"
in the BIOS.