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Bug 101589 - (ACPI) toshiba tecra 8000 hang on loading of installer
Summary: (ACPI) toshiba tecra 8000 hang on loading of installer
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux Beta
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: beta1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeff Garzik
QA Contact: Mike McLean
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: CambridgeBlocker
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-08-04 14:46 UTC by greg hayes
Modified: 2013-07-03 02:13 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2003-10-28 16:32:01 UTC
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Description greg hayes 2003-08-04 14:46:57 UTC 
Description of problem: system hang on boot of install process


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): SEVERN Beta1


How reproducible: every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. insert cd
2. boot
3. pick install method (text, gui etc)
    
Actual results: hangs durring boot of installer.
runnung install ...
running /sbin/loader

HANG

Expected results: continue with install


Additional info: have tried noapic and noprobe with same result
Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2003-08-04 19:32:32 UTC 
Does it appear to be running the CD the entire time its hung?
Comment 2 greg hayes 2003-08-04 20:54:57 UTC 
The cdrom does not spin but the cpu fan comes on full, this time I also tried 
with the docking station with the same result.
Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2003-08-04 23:18:40 UTC 
Can you try booting with 'linux acpi=off' and 'linux nofirewire' to see if
either of them help?
Comment 4 greg hayes 2003-08-05 13:18:11 UTC 
linux acpi=off gets me to media check, I will finish the install later and let
you know if problem re-emerges.  Thanks
Comment 5 Michael Fulbright 2003-08-05 15:13:23 UTC 
Thanks sounds good.
Comment 6 Len Brown 2003-08-22 00:18:40 UTC 
The Tecra 8100 has a BIOS that requires acpi=off. 
Likely that the Tecra 8000 does too. 
When you boot with acpi=off, please gather the output from 
/usr/sbin/acpidmp and /usr/sbin/dmidecode and attach them to this bug report. 
If the dmidecode on your disks doesn't work, try this one: 
http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/ 
 
BTW. looks like bios 9.30 from 2 years ago is the latest for this box: 
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_modItemList.jsp?ProductMenu_0=Portables&ProductMenu_1=Tecra&ProductMenu_2=1073769805&x=24&y=10&BV_SessionID=%40%40%40%401231395850.1061511304%40%40%40%40&BV_EngineID=ccceadcjehhmkficgfkceghdgngdgll.0&moid=1073769805&smoid=true&ct=DL&ListType=Model
Comment 7 Dave Jones 2003-10-28 16:32:01 UTC 
We now default to acpi=off unless the user overrides it on the boot command line.
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