These options seem to have nothing to do with driver loading... I downloaded Ubuntu 7.10 this PM (took 2.something hours for the CD ISO) so when I got back from the mall, I have Ubuntu.
It exhibits the exact same problem that Fedora 8 does (exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0... frozen all-generic-ide, all_generic_ide=1 don't work either. The funny thing, this bug was supposed to be fixed in 2.6.15 or something. Aren't these distributions using something more modern? It appalls me that such a common combination as Intel 945 chipset + PATA CDROM is broken. On Jan 17, 2008 10:45 AM, Gideon Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/16/08, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > oh.. i also tried) pci-nommconf and askmethod. > > Have you tried the suggestions from the RH Bugzilla entry that I > posted earlier? I'll post some of 'em here: > > - Add "edd=skipmbr" to kernel commandline. > > - Disable "Int13 SCSI BIOS" setting before installing Reenable it > again later if you need it. > > - Holding down shift while ISOLINUX is loading, and then using > 'vmlinuz0 initrd=initrd0.img > root=CDLABEL=Fedora-8-Live-x86_64 rootfstype=iso9660 ro' -- Orlando Andico +63.2.976.8659 | +63.920.903.0335 "I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone." -- Bjarne Stroustrup _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
