LiveCD doesnt boot!

v8vito · n00b Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 8

Hi, how are you?
i've recently bought a new computer, and when im trying to boot the gentoo 2004.0 liveCD it just freezes, before showing the Gentoo splash screen. its very strange, i have gentoo installed in my other to machines and it doesnt give me a problem. Heres my hardware:
p4 3.2 HT / 1gb DDr Corsair ram / 160gb SATA hdd
please tell me if you have an idea on whats happening! I cannot live without Gentoo :lol:

!

PS: this happens with all linux distros..

jkcunningham · Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 5:33 pm Post subject:

Try booting it off some other boot disk and see if that works. You either have a bad boot disk or bad hardware. Memory is always suspect on a new machine. Actually, the MB could also have problems. Also try booting off some floppy to see if its just related to the cdrom drive.

v8vito · n00b Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 8

I've already done all that. Floppy boots everything. The internal cdrom boots everything (except linux) , and the external USB cdrom also boots everything except linux. strange.

jkcunningham · Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 7:21 pm Post subject:

Have you checked the way the BIOS is setup? Maybe there's something Windows-specific in there that's hanging it up. Try turning off Plug-N-Pray. Maybe try turning the optimization down a bit. It might be that Windows is working out of a different part of memory than the Gentoo installer does. I still think it sounds like a hardware problem.

Which other linux boot cdroms have you tried? Have you tried Knoppix?

v8vito · n00b Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 8

knoppix boots ok, and works ok. but all other distros dont. I tried Debian, Suse, Redhat, PLhak, fedora, and nothing.

jkcunningham · Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:49 pm Post subject:

Do an lsmod while booted on Knoppix and see how it configured your system. That will tell you what modules are needed. Then, try booting off the Gentoo disk and before you do anything else, modprobe that collection of modules.

Or else do the install of Gentoo while booted off the knoppix disk (follow the instructions as if you were booted off gentoo, then go get the tarball, etc, off the gentoo disk).

v8vito · n00b Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 8

i will do that, But anyway, i booted gentoo without framebuffer (nofb) so i could see the problem:
ACPI: IRQ9 SCI:Edge set to level Trigger.
there is when it freezes...

jkcunningham · Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:15 pm Post subject:

Okay, so now you know what to do: when you boot off the livecdf, when it prompts you for boot options, give it "acpi=off". I'll bet that fixes it.

v8vito · n00b Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 8

uff, this is making me mad! i disabled acpi, and now it freeze when it prompts:
hde: ide-disk drive attached.
:/

jkcunningham · Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:50 pm Post subject:

Just out of curiousity, why are you using the 2004.0 livecd? 2004.1 has been out a bit now. You might try it instead. If you're using a late model board/chipsets you probably ought to use the latest livecd. Just another thought.

I've never had a livecd crash. In fact, the only time one has failed was because the BIOS was very old.

-Jeff

v8vito · n00b Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 8

Well, i will download 2004.1 today and i will keep trying tomorrow. If it doesnt work ill installl it from knoppix.
Btw, the computer is new. the mb is a asus P4P800-E Deluxe.
ok, thanks for your help, and see you tomorrow!.