Bug 143284

Summary:	factory boot.ppc.iso freezes at "main menu"
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE Linux 10.1	Reporter:	peter czanik <peter>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	E-mail List <kernel-maintainers>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	snwint
Version:	Alpha 4
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PowerPC
OS:	Other
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Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description peter czanik 2006-01-15 08:47:20 UTC

boot.ppc.iso from factory from 13th of January on a Pegasos2 based ODW

When anything is choosen from the main menu, the computer freezes for about 2 minutes (no response to keyboard), and then reboots.

Comment 1 Stefan Hundhammer 2006-01-16 10:35:47 UTC

How can this be a bug of the installer if the installer doesn't even get to start?

The kernel people will need hwinfo.

Comment 2 peter czanik 2006-01-16 11:56:10 UTC

Is installer=yast? I thought, that anyting from booting the instal CD to the "Have a lot of fun!" belongs to here.
As with the current boot.ppc.iso can not bring me to a level, where I could issue a hwinfo command, is it OK, when I send it from the installed 10.0?

Comment 3 Steffen Winterfeldt 2006-01-16 13:00:34 UTC

Maybe you could describe then what 'main menu' you mean.

Comment 4 peter czanik 2006-01-16 13:30:42 UTC

"main menu" is what appears on the top of screen, when boot.ppc.iso is booted and language is set. One can show info, load kernel modules, start booting/installation from this menu. Similar to linuxrc on i386, but not curses menu, but a simple list with numbers.

Comment 5 Steffen Winterfeldt 2006-01-16 13:51:33 UTC

Ah, ok. You mean linuxrc in linemode. That was broken. Either
use linemode=0 for the curses variant or boot off an older CD.