Bug 129525 – Gentoo Linux 2006.0 LiveCD hangs up

• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO
• Product: Gentoo Release Media

[Description Kristaps Kaupe 2006-04-10 13:48:29 UTC]

When I've tried to install Gentoo Linux 2006.0 on my AthlonXP noname PC (VIA82xx chipset, 1 GB RAM, nVidia GeForce2 MX400 video), LiveCD loading hangs on "Booting the system (68%)...". In Verbose mode I have following:

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* Detected 1  AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1900+ 1593MHz CPU

WARNING: Autodetecting seem to hang,
please check your computer's BIOS settings.
* Not Loading APM BIOS suport ...                   [ ok ]
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I've tried to load fail-safe BIOS defaults, but that didn't help.

I have installed Gentoo on this box previously (2005 releases), and had no problems.

[Comment 1 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2006-04-18 17:06:17 UTC]

What command-line options did you use at boot?  Any?

[Comment 2 Marcus Becker 2006-05-01 05:30:45 UTC]

i have had the same problem, it was the nic smc 1211tx
i interrupted the startscript right when it detects the cpu
when i then inserted the module 8139too manually the system hangs

maybe that helps

[Comment 3 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2006-05-01 11:43:33 UTC]

Marcus, that helps only for your exact problem.  Without more information, I can't really help you.  I would probably say that you should file your own bug, since it is unlikely the both of you have the same NIC.

[Comment 4 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2006-08-09 09:25:08 UTC]

No response from bug poster.

Feel free to REOPEN this bug with the answer to my query.