On 06/16/2010 05:09 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 3:13 AM, Urs Beyerle <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> The release candidates (2010-06-14) of SL55 LiveCD/DVD are ready for testing. If I don't get any reports about major >> problems with these candidates, the SL55 LiveCD/DVD can be released end of this week. >> >> Download from >> >> http://www.livecd.ethz.ch/download/testing/55/i386/ >> http://www.livecd.ethz.ch/download/testing/55/x86_64/ >> >> >> Changes since last testing version: >> >> - update of isolinux to version 3.86 >> - update of all RPMs to latest SL55 versions >> - add boot parameters: blacklist, nohotplug >> >> If the LiveCD hangs during boot up when starting udev, you can try to boot with >> >> linux nohotplug >> >> This will disable /lib/udev/udev_run_hotplugd, but will produces some error messages. >> Or you can set specific kernel module on the blacklist (/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist) for hotplug scripts > > Hi Urs, > > I did a brief testing of the x86_64 LiveCD on the machine that had > trouble with the first version. It is worse now; after I hit enter at > the boot: prompt, the machine shuts itself off. Using hohotplus did > not make any difference. > > At this point, I don't know if there is some problem with the hardware > or the problem is associated with the LiveCD. Unfortunately, I cannot > do extensive testing at this moment because the machine is now in > production use. It has been running SL5.5 x86_64 just fine. > > In any event, this seems like an "isolated" case since I do not see > any other trouble report here and I was able to boot other machines > without an issue. > > Akemi Hi Akemi, thanks a lot for your testing! I hope you are right and the problem only happens very rarely. Urs