[ale] Fedora 14 x86_64 Hang-up During Boot

[Marc Ferguson]

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Note; killing acpi will cause wonky probs with some gnome functions. I
>> would try an install from cd. The netinstall cd is tiny but requires a wired
>> connection for best process. AT the end its fully up to date.
>>  On Apr 21, 2011 8:11 AM, "Marc Ferguson" <marcferguson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Thanks for the advice. It's nice to finally get some help. The Fedora
>> forum
>> > can sometimes be a silent place. :-)
>> > On Apr 21, 2011 7:39 AM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> try rebooting and add ACPI=off to the kernel line. The ftrace lines
>> look
>> >> like a memory allocation error. Poke around he bios and see if you an
>> > change
>> >> how much RAM is used for the video and see if that changes things.
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 12:53 AM, Marc Ferguson <
>> marcferguson at gmail.com
>> >>wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hey Fellas,
>> >>>
>> >>> How have you been? I'm running into a problem trying to get Fedora 14
>> to
>> >>> install on my desktop. I posted the details on the forum, but here it
>> is:
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm trying to install Fedora 14 x86_64 via a USB stick. I used LiveUSB
>> >>> Creator and I was able to do an initial boot off of it. When I get to
>> the
>> >>> screen to "Install Fedora" I run into a hang-up problem around the
>> > following
>> >>> lines:
>> >>>
>> >>> [ 0.014586 ] ACPI : Core revision 20100428
>> >>> [ 0.020560 ] ACPI : Setting ELCR to 0e28 (from 0c28)
>> >>> [ 0.021033 ] ftrace : converting mcount calls to 0f 1f 44 00 00
>> >>> [ 0.021268 ] ftrace : allocating 23839 entries in 94 pages
>> >>>
>> >>> I have absolutely no idea what these lines mean, but I cannot
>> continue.
>> >>> Thank you for any help.
>> >>>
>> >>> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=261818
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> *Marc Ferguson*
>> >>>
>> >>> Registered Linux User #410978
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> Thanks Jim. acpi=off did the trick. So; what's the difference between
> pci=noacpi and acpi=off. The first argument didn't work, but your suggestion
> worked.
>
> I'm running into another issue though. After Anaconda started I went
> through the process of formatting my hard drive. After that was finished it
> couldn't find a .img or some other source file on the USB key to continue
> the process. I'm using a NetInstall version of Fedora so I'm a little
> confused as to what it's looking for.
>
> I have a URL to an "isolinux" directory to continue the installation, but
> there was no option to input that.
>
> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=261928
>
> --
> *Marc Ferguson*
>
> Registered Linux User #410978
> www.fergytech.com | www.digitalalias.net
>
> *"When life gives me lemons... I make Linuxaide, hmm good stuff!"*
>

I feel like a total wanker sometimes. My issue was the initrd.img file I
downloaded wasn't complete... by a long shot either! Once I realized that I
made the correction and didn't have any other issue. Thanks for the
acpi=off, that seriously helped me to progress in this matter.

-- 
*Marc Ferguson*

Registered Linux User #410978
www.fergytech.com | www.digitalalias.net

*"When life gives me lemons... I make Linuxaide, hmm good stuff!"*
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