Our new lab has HP Intel Core 2 Quad systems with DVD/CDRW and SATA. I can provide the model number if needed.
They stop on kernel startup when trying to boot the CentOS 5.2 boot CD. It is during ACPI.
I have tried linux noprobe and linux pci=noacpi and linux noprobe pci=noacpi.
I still cannot get to the first install screen.
Fedora 10 Live will not but up either.
I am using Fedora 9 from Live and DVD Install to teach a fall class and it works fine.
Would CentOS 5.3 possibly work once it is released?
Our new lab has HP Intel Core 2 Quad systems with DVD/CDRW and SATA. I can provide the model number if needed.
They stop on kernel startup when trying to boot the CentOS 5.2 boot CD. It is during ACPI.
Model #'s would be good, even some cheap units have quad cores now, so its Impossible to guess. Most certainly support RH -> CentOS. Check the Manual, there are likely some BIOS settings you need tweaked.
jlc
They stop on kernel startup when trying to boot the CentOS 5.2 boot CD. It is during ACPI. Fedora 10 Live will not but up either. I am using Fedora 9 from Live and DVD Install to teach a fall class and it works fine.
Are the CentOS and fed 10 DVDs of a similar type, and different to the DVD you used with fed 9?
Or is your CentOS on CDs?
A common problem I have is that some DVD drives really don't like some brands of disc. Some have issues with DVD-R's, some have issues with DVD+R's, some seem to be completely random.
ymmv, but if the failing discs are the same brand, it's probably your cheapest quickest solution to reburn on a different brand and see if that helps.
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Spiro Harvey, Knossos Networks Ltd < spiro@knossos.net.nz> wrote:
They stop on kernel startup when trying to boot the CentOS 5.2 boot CD. It is during ACPI. Fedora 10 Live will not but up either. I am using Fedora 9 from Live and DVD Install to teach a fall class and
it
works fine.
Are the CentOS and fed 10 DVDs of a similar type, and different to the DVD
you used with fed 9?
Or is your CentOS on CDs?
A common problem I have is that some DVD drives really don't like some
brands of disc. Some have issues with DVD-R's, some have issues with DVD+R's, some seem to be completely random.
ymmv, but if the failing discs are the same brand, it's probably your
cheapest quickest solution to reburn on a different brand and see if that helps.
-- Spiro Harvey Knossos Networks Ltd 021-295-1923 www.knossos.net.nz
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i was very disappointed to find these new machines that don't boot Linux easily. i have to wonder if HP received rebates from M$ by making it difficult to boot Linux on these machines. These machines have to be noob proof. $300.00 less expensive than the same CPU and intel chipset as Dell.
To boot off of a knoppix disc use the boot option *knoppix acpi=off*. For CentOS, use *linux pci=noacpi,nommconf*.
On HP Compaq Business Desktop Small Form Factor. dc7800 Core 2 DUO e8400 @ 3.00GhZ BIOS Version: Hewlett-Packard 786F1 v01.24 3/18/2008. Mfr# KA607UT#ABA UPC/EAN# 884420101468 HP Compaq Business Desktop dc7800 - SFF - 1 x Core 2 Duo E8400 / 3 GHz - RAM 2 GB - HDD 1 x 160 GB - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM - GMA 3100
Rob Townley wrote: ...
To boot off of a knoppix disc use the boot option *knoppix acpi=off*. For CentOS, use *linux pci=noacpi,nommconf*.
I use:
linux pci=nomsi,nommconf hda=noprobe hdc=noprobe
The "hda=noprobe hdc=noprobe" needs to be added to /boot/grub/grub.conf after installation as well.
Without these, disk IO will be _very_ slow.
Mogens
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