On Wed, 02 May 2007, Roger Mason wrote: > David Snider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Roger Mason wrote: > >>>> I'm trying to install gentoo on a Dell Dimension C521, which has an > >>>> AMD Sempron 3400+ CPU. > >>>> > >>>> I downloaded and buned the AMD64 2006.1 minimal install disk, but when > >>>> I try to boot from the CD it hangs, the last message being: > >>>> > >>>> io scheduler deadline registered (default) > > > > I had the exact same issue last month with some new hardware, booting > > with noacpi or noapci (can't really remember) did the trick... Once I > > was installed and had a 2.6.20 kernel, I had no other issues. > > Thanks David, I'll try it tomorrow when I have access to that machine > again. > > Roger
For what it's worth, in 99.9% of cases, the option you want is 'noapic'. It is by far the largest complaint relating to non-booting livecds on the amd64 architecture. --Thomas
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