Re: Debian install hanging at yenta_socket module

[Lorenzo Bettini <bettini@dsi.unifi.it>]

Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 06:22:33AM -0800, Mitchell Verter wrote:
>> The computer has just begun loading the CD and it seems to be hanging.
>>
>> This is what I see:
>> ####################################################
>> Detecting hardware to find CD-ROM drives
>>
>> Loading module 'yenta_socket' for 'Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC97'
>>
>> #####################################################
>>
>> Any ideas what this means?
>> Any ideas what I should do?
> 
> It happened with me with a Toshiba Tecra, and turning ACPI off fixed it
> (not sure if you have the same problem).
> 
> Try booting with "acpi=off" as a kernel parameter.

I had the same problem too, with a different laptop, and this solved the
problem for installation, but then I had to fix some things:
http://www.lorenzobettini.it/linux/LinuxSonyVaioVGN-S5VP_B

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