[ltp] FC5 install on T60 locks up

[Aaron Mulder]

The disk in the T60 is a native SATA disk, but there's a "legacy
emulation" setting you can configure in the BIOS that will allow some
OSs to see it when they wouldn't otherwise (such as a vanilla Windows
XP install CD).  Still, if this was the problem, I would think this
would cause your disk to be invisible to the installer, not cause
lockups.

Thanks,
    Aaron

On 7/28/06, Whil Hentzen <linuxnews@hentzenwerke.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Trying to install Fedora Core 5 on a new T60 2623 D3U, 2 GB RAM. ATI
> 7145. Hooked up to a essential port replicator.
>
> I toss the DVD into the drive, boot up, and during the install, the
> machine locks up. The thermo bar stops, the mouse won't respond, etc.
>
> I've tried this five different times now, and it has locked up at
> different spots in the install. Once it only got halfway through the
> 'checking dependencies', while other times it gets most of the basic
> packages installed before stopping cold.
>
> After reading through the messages in the archive since March, I see two
> possible suspects:
>
> 1. Something to do with a setting on the drive (PATA vs SATA vs ???)
>
> I didn't understand what the messages were talking about, but I booted
> into the BIOS anyway. However, I couldn't find any setting having to do
> with the drive, so I'm stuck here.
>
> 2. A badly machined shim on the 2nd 1GB DRAMM.
>
> Yeah, I could pull out the second DRAMM module 'just to see', but I
> thought I'd check on the list here first to see if anyone had any
> suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Whil Hentzen
> Milwaukee
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