Bug#538898: Squeeze install hangs at "Setting console to Unicode"

[Felix Zielcke <fzielcke@z-51.de>]

Am Montag, den 27.07.2009, 22:11 +0200 schrieb Felix Zielcke:
> Am Montag, den 27.07.2009, 14:29 -0500 schrieb David A. Greene:
> > Boot of any install method freezes after the message "Setting console
> > to 
> > Unicode" appears.  Immediately prior to the message the screen flashes
> > and all previous text disappears.  Thus only the "Setting console"
> > message
> > is visible after the hanng.
> > 
> > This is with an NVidia GTX 285 if that matters. 
> 
> I have the same problem with current daily amd64 and i386 with VMware
> Workstation Beta.
> The graphical installer works fine, just not text mode.

Joey just told me to use nopat kernel option and it worked.


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Felix Zielcke
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