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SubjectProblems with edd
Hi all. I have a problem with trying to boot from a Fedora 9 
installation CD-R. It works on another machine, so the disk
is OK. I guess if anyone knows the answer then it will be
found here on the kernel developers list.

When trying to boot from a CD-R installation disk, on my
Advent 6415 laptop I get the following:

Welcome to Fedora 9! [the installer splash screen]

I then click on either:

Install or upgrade an existing system
[or]
Install or upgrade an existing system (text mode)

[both give me the same following error]

Loading vmlinuz...........................................
..............

Loading initrd.img........................................
.................
...............ready.
Probing EDD (edd=off to disable)... ok
vmlinuz: attempted DOS system call
boot:

If I hit return now, the machine goes back to the 'Welcome
to Fedora 9!' splash screen.

I have edited the kernel parameters at the spalsh screen and
tried:

edd=skipmbr edd=off

All that does is not display the line:
Probing EDD (edd=off to disable)... ok

The installation still hangs at the boot: prompt.

Has anyone come across the behaviour before please?

Is there any way I can get my laptop to boot from this
media, maybe by passing some undocumented kernel parameters?

Kind Regards,

Keith Roberts


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