From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756654AbYFJR6V (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:58:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753149AbYFJR6M (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:58:12 -0400 Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com ([212.50.160.34]:50791 "EHLO smtpout.karoo.kcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753240AbYFJR6L (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:58:11 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 583 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:58:10 EDT X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.27,618,1204502400"; d="scan'208";a="1574883" Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:48:20 +0100 (BST) From: Keith Roberts To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Problems with edd Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (LFD 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi all. I have a problem with trying to boot from a Fedora 9 installation CD-R. It works on another machine, so the disk is OK. I guess if anyone knows the answer then it will be found here on the kernel developers list. When trying to boot from a CD-R installation disk, on my Advent 6415 laptop I get the following: Welcome to Fedora 9! [the installer splash screen] I then click on either: Install or upgrade an existing system [or] Install or upgrade an existing system (text mode) [both give me the same following error] Loading vmlinuz........................................... .............. Loading initrd.img........................................ ................. ...............ready. Probing EDD (edd=off to disable)... ok vmlinuz: attempted DOS system call boot: If I hit return now, the machine goes back to the 'Welcome to Fedora 9!' splash screen. I have edited the kernel parameters at the spalsh screen and tried: edd=skipmbr edd=off All that does is not display the line: Probing EDD (edd=off to disable)... ok The installation still hangs at the boot: prompt. Has anyone come across the behaviour before please? Is there any way I can get my laptop to boot from this media, maybe by passing some undocumented kernel parameters? Kind Regards, Keith Roberts