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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:03 pm Post subject: Locking on PCI probe [SOLVED]

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Using 2006.1 minimal boot disc the boot sequence stops at

Code:

PCI: Probing hardware

Even with the various options such as acpi=off, nodetect, etc it still locks at that point.

The computer is an HP Compaq dc7700p small form factor desktop.

Any ideas/suggestions as to how to get gentoo installed and working on this hardware?

Thanks,
Malcolm

Last edited by mmclean on Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:54 am; edited 1 time in total

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Do you recognize any weird settings in its BIOS? Although that PC might have an almost non-configurable BIOS. Also check to see if it has a BIOS update available. _________________ Advanced Signature Camouflage System®(ASCS) v0.1

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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:39 am Post subject: Re: Locking on PCI probe

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mmclean wrote:

Any ideas/suggestions as to how to get gentoo installed and working on this hardware?

Try booting from some other LiveCD, Knoppix and GRML are both good with hardware.
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:53 am Post subject:

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Hah! Eventually got it to work. Had to use the following options at boot:

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gentoo-nofb acpi=off noapm noapic nodetect pci=conf1

The 2.6.19+ kernel works fine with this hardware, except, with no acpi support.

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