F12 beta i686 live CD hangs after starting udev

[TK009]

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:09:31PM +0100, Joshua C. wrote:
> 2009/10/31 Jurgen Kramer <gtmkramer at xs4all.nl>:
> > Just tried to see how far the F12 i686 beta live CD would come on my new
> > Archos 9 tablet. Booting stop when the progress bar is almost at 100%.
> > After booting with 'rhgb' and 'quiet' removed from the boot options I
> > can see it hangs at starting udev. Any tips how to investigate this
> > further?
> >
> > The F11 i686 live CD boots without problems on this machine.
> >
> > Jurgen
> >
> > --
> >
> 
> In my case starting udev takes almost a minute in order to start. In
> f11 it needs about 3 secs.
>

I had that problem as well, its caused by not having floopy disabled in the bios. The fixes are the common bugs page for F11. 

TK009