[ale] error during installation "checking hlt instructions"

[Brian Pitts]

On 02/15/2011 01:32 AM, C Vega wrote:
> Hi,
> I have an old PC running 900Mhz Tbird CPU and 768Mb RAM. I also upgraded
> the HDD to a 60Gb. I've tried to install Gentoo, CentOS, Ubuntu, and
> Linux Mint and all and everyone of them stop at the line "checking hlt
> instructions" during the installtion. I've looked over the web and there
> are quite a few cases with the same problem, nonetheless the solution is
> not clear to me, still.
> I'm interested in loading CentOS to build a server since I used to run
> Ubuntu 8.04 on that box without any problems. Can anyone assist me with
> this issue?

We've seen this on some old systems at Free IT Athens. Specify the
"no-hlt" kernel parameter when booting the installer, and edit your GRUB
configuration after installation to include it.

http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

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All the best,
Brian Pitts