CD install hanging (thanks to SATA RAID)

["Rio Baan" <riobaan hotmail com>]

I've got a similar problem to these guys. I located it to be the on-board 
SATA RAID.
My install of Fedora test 3 gets as far as entering keyboard type and then 
anaconda searches for a previously installed Fedora on the system. Thing is, 
when my RAID is connected.... this part hangs badly. UNPLUG the SATA RAID, 
and the install goes OK.

I experienced SATA RAID hanging on test1 and test2, but usually this happens 
only AFTER install finished and I got to first boot.

With the SATA RAID disconnected, the install goes OK. Mind you, the kernel 
does a search for drives on the Silicon Image SATA RAID, and spends a good 
few minutes there trying to find drives where there are none.... and it's a 
real pain. I reckon it's the IRQs being used my the RAID that is causing 
this.......

My mobo is an ASUS P4G8X-Deluxe, Pentium 4, 3.06Ghz hyperthreaded


> I'm also seeing the problem Eric describes, (same MB), but not only did
> FC1 work, FC2T2 worked as well. So something recent must have broken.
>
> Is there extra info I can send to help track down the problem ?
>
> Eric Beyer said:
> > I finally got around to downloading test 3 and have attempted to install
> > it for the last couple of hours but haven't had any luck so far. I am
> > running into an issue where it is hanging right after the message
> > "Uncompressing Linux... ok, booting the kernel". From there on out the
> > cursor just flashes on the left side of the screen and my system is 
> hung,
> > it requires a hard reset to reboot.
> >
> > My configuration is as follows:
> > ASUS P4P800 Motherboard
> > P4 2.6GHz (HyperThreading Enabled)
> > 512 MB PC2700 RAM
> > 120 GB SATA drive (set as first drive)
> > 40 GB ATA/100 (PATA)
> > Plextor 8/4/32 CDRW (master on secondary)
> > Pioneer DVD ROM (slave)
>
>
> P.S Sorry for the top post.
>
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