I am not sure if linux expert will do me any good... I tried kernel options
irqpoll brokenmodules=ata_piix noprobe nostorage noirqdebug and tried the modules ata_generic, libata, pata_oldpiix and they all failed. It's mind-boggling that FC8 won't install! I feel like it's 1995 all over again.. On Jan 12, 2008 9:08 AM, Jagi Sarcilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > at the boot prompt of FC dvd, type "linux expert" it with forward you to > expert mode installation > > > > > > > On Jan 11, 2008 1:16 AM, Orlando Andico < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I downloaded FC8 x86-64 last night (took all night on my Globe DSL > > here at home). Now I was gonna (joy!) install it on my PC.... > > > > and everything comes to a screeching halt. Apparently this is a > > well-known bug: the ata_piix driver (SATA) grabs the PATA interface. > > But ata_piix doesn't support PATA ATAPI devices like (gasp!) my > > DVD-ROM drive. So... installation cannot complete. > > > > On Ubuntu, there's supposed to be an expert mode where you can disable > > the ata_piix driver (it will then use the time-honoured ide driver) > > and everything is frosty. But I don't know how to do this in FC8 (my > > last Linux installs were OEL5 -- RHEL5 clone -- and FC6 a year ago). > > And a quick google turns up nothing. > > > > Ideas? > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > > > -- > Jagi C. Sarcilla > System Engineer > _________________________________________________ > 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 > -- 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
