Re: Initial boot on install diskette for 5.1 fails

["Jose M. Sanchez" <opjose ex-pressnet com>]

Linux does not deal well with IRQ sharing...

Make absolutely sure that no two devices are using the same IRQ, which is
permitted in Winblows, and quite common on new computers...

You might need to move cards around...

-JMS

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Hahn <list leavenworth streek com>
To: redhat-install-list redhat com <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Cc: jeffh streek com <jeffh streek com>
Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 7:24 PM
Subject: Initial boot on install diskette for 5.1 fails


>
>I've never run into this one before...
>
>Machine
>
>FIC PA-2013 ATX motherboard
>K6-2/300 3x100mhz
>128 Meg ECC ram
>S3 GX2 AGP Video card
>NetGear "Tulip" ethernet card
>1.2 gig Conner IDE (just for initial install - I'll add the SCSI drives
>after I compile a new kernel)
>
>Boot diskettes:
>
>5.1 boot and supp images from the updates directory
>
>Symptoms
>
>Booting from the boot floppy.  System loads the initrd image, System loads
>the vmlinuz image and either locks up or fails with a crc error after
>about 3 "dots" in the uncompressing kernel phase.
>
>
>This is a new one on me.  I've installed 4.2, 5.0 and 5.1 each several
>times and never run into this problem
>
>Any ideas?  Thanks for the help.
>
>Please cc: jeffh streek com on the replies.
>
>-Jeff
>
>
>
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