Re: problems installing with 'writemaster' CDROM

[michael <cs@networkingnewsletter.org.uk>]

On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 18:03 +0100, Wackojacko wrote:
> michael wrote:
> 
> <snip lspci output showing ICH8 controller>
> > iTCO_wdt               20625  0 
> > iTCO_vendor_support    12741  1 iTCO_wdt
> > snd_page_alloc         19025  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
> > i2c_core               35777  1 i2c_i801
> > rtc_cmos               17017  0 
> > sr_mod                 26853  0 
> > cdrom                  44009  1 sr_mod
> > sg                     45673  0 
> > dm_snapshot            25609  0 
> > dm_zero                10817  0 
> > dm_mirror              30785  0 
> > dm_mod                 68785  9
> > dm_multipath,dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror
> > pata_marvell           16449  0 
> > ata_piix               25413  3 
> > ata_generic            17221  0 
> > libata                137201  3 pata_marvell,ata_piix,ata_generic
> > sd_mod                 37441  5 
> > scsi_mod              168697  4 sr_mod,sg,libata,sd_mod
> > ext3                  141905  2 
> > jbd                    73009  1 ext3
> > mbcache                18249  1 ext3
> > ehci_hcd               42957  0 
> > ohci_hcd               30405  0 
> > uhci_hcd               34401  0 
> 
> It would appear from this, and other info in subsequent e-mails, that 
> you need to load the 'ata_piix' module.  When the install stalls do 
> Ctrl+Alt+F2 to get to another terminal and 'modprobe ata_piix'. 
> Apologies if you have already tried this.

I hadn't tried that particular module, but doesn't help :(


> There is a possibility that the etch kernel is not new enough for this 
> MB, what kernel does fedora run on?  If this is the case you may need a 
> custom installer, google is your friend here.

2.6.22.1-33.fc7