[CentOS] Hardware freezes on Dell Optiplex 320 while booting (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499204)

Wed Jul 28 21:28:56 UTC 2010
Jason Pyeron <jpyeron at pdinc.us>

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org 
> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of m.roth at 5-cent.us
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 17:20
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Hardware freezes on Dell Optiplex 320 
> while booting (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499204)
> 
> Jason Pyeron wrote:
> >> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of m.roth at 5-cent.us 
> >> Jason Pyeron wrote:
> >> > Steps tried:
> >> >
> >> > Install from centos 5.5 x86_64 disc, locks up after reboot
> >> at GRUB (FAILS)
> <snip>
> > Grub conf fine, take HD out and put in machine with 
> different bios all 
> > is fine.
> <snip>
> Hmmm... I can't remember if I mention this a day or two ago, 
> but have you checked the BIOS for a funky setting - maybe 
> under "advanced" or "integrated peripherals", to see if it's 
> got a setting for... oh, was it SATA mode that I had the 
> problem with? See if there's such a thing, and if so, change 
> it to RAID instead of IDE.

The BIOS has almost no settings to change, and those that do exist have been
toggled.


--
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
-                                                               -
- Jason Pyeron                      PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us -
- Principal Consultant              10 West 24th Street #100    -
- +1 (443) 269-1555 x333            Baltimore, Maryland 21218   -
-                                                               -
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00.