Bug 116737 - System hangs in boot screen as soon as a button is pressed
Summary: System hangs in boot screen as soon as a button is pressed
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Installation (show other bugs)
Version: RC 2
Hardware: x86-64 All
: P5 - None : Minor
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Assignee: Steffen Winterfeldt
QA Contact: Klaus Kämpf
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Reported: 2005-09-13 11:38 UTC by Bodo Bauer
Modified: 2005-09-13 12:21 UTC (History)
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Description Bodo Bauer 2005-09-13 11:38:07 UTC 
Trying to install RC2 on an Acer Ferrari 4000 fails before it even begins.
Booting the Mini ISO succeds up to the bootscreen where you select between 'Boot
from hard Diks', 'Installation', etc.

The clock count's down up to the point where yu press any button. Then it stops
counting and the system seems to be stalled. No button gives any reaction and
even CapsLock doesn't toggle the LED...
Comment 1 Michael Radziej 2005-09-13 11:47:26 UTC 
Do you really think this is a YaST bug? Looks like a kernel problem, doesn't it?
Comment 2 Michael Radziej 2005-09-13 11:52:12 UTC 
Steffen, I have no idea which bootloader we're currently using. Can you please
assign it to the appropriate maintainer? I think you have the overview.
Comment 3 Steffen Winterfeldt 2005-09-13 12:09:30 UTC 
You forgot to mention that previous SL releases didn't work, too. 
 
Press 'Alt' during startup. Does it help?
Comment 4 Bodo Bauer 2005-09-13 12:17:48 UTC 
I don't know if other releases failed as well. I didn't power this one one until
today. 

And Yes, pressing ALT during boot does help. But how does one find out about
this... ?

Reopening with major severity. This is not resloved
Comment 5 Steffen Winterfeldt 2005-09-13 12:21:24 UTC 
Your BIOS is broken. You can bring me the notebook for testing after 10.0 is 
done.