Eva,

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006, Eva Myers wrote:

> I wrote:
> 
> > I am having difficulty installing SL4.4 on a new machine.  The
> > relevant hardware details are:
> > 
> > Motherboard + processor: Intel D965SSCK Core 2 Duo 6300 2MB cache
> > Hard disk: 160GB - ST3160811AS -  7200rpm Serial ATA Seagate
> > Network card: Intel PCI 10/100/1000MB Ethernet card (the motherboard
> >     also has onboard networking)
> 
> This is the Intel Pro/1000 GT Desktop Adapter
> (http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/pro1000gt_desktop_adapter.htm).
> 
> > When I boot from the boot CD and press Return at the boot prompt, the
> > install hangs at
> > 
> > PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
> > 
> > Searching the archives suggested typing "linux all-generic-ide
> > pci=nommconf" at the boot prompt, though I am not clear what these
> > options mean.  This got past the freeze, but it seems that there is
> > also some kind of trouble with networking.  If the onboard network
> > socket is connected up, networking does not appear to work at all (the
> > machine is not pingable).  If the network card is connected up, the
> > machine is pingable but won't get past the "FTP Setup" screen in the
> > install process.  Using the http install option instead gave an error
> > message: "Unable to retrieve... stage2.img".
> > 
> > I also tried installing SL305 on this machine as I have installed it
> > on several Dell Optiplex GX620s with no trouble in the past.  There
> > was no freeze early on (and no need for special options) but I had
> > much the same networking problems - not pingable using the onboard
> > networking, "Failed to connect to FTP server" using the PCI network
> > card.
> 
> The networking trouble turned out to be a mistake in our firewall
> setup.  Once this was corrected, the install appeared to work fine
> until the reboot, when it froze at "Uncompressing Linux... OK, booting
> the kernel."  This happened whether I booted the SMP kernel or the
> other kernel.  Perhaps there is something I need to do from GRUB to
> get the kernel to boot with the all-generic-ide and pci=nommconf
> options every time?

Yes you have to put that in the grub.conf .  Note that I am not sure of 
how well all-generic-ide supports the "ide controller" on this 
motherboard.  My suggestion is to not have any hard disks on the pata 
controller.

> Eva.
> 

-Connie Sieh