Re: RH 7.3 installation stops cold (using 3Ware Escalade 6000 series)

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Sean Staats wrote:
> I boot the system from the RH 7.3 Disc 1 CD.  The installation starts
> initializing/detecting hardware then just stops after printing the
> following:
> Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
> I've tried the following from the "boot:" prompt:
> <enter>
> linux noprobe
> linux dd
> expert
> All ended with the same result above.

Try "linux noapic" or "linux nodma" or "linux noapic nodma".

I'm willing to bet the "noapic" works, since you have an Athlon.

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