231210 – CD/DVD boot code causes VIA EPIA MII-6000E to reboot

Bug 231210 - CD/DVD boot code causes VIA EPIA MII-6000E to reboot

Summary: CD/DVD boot code causes VIA EPIA MII-6000E to reboot

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 231104

Alias:	None

Product:	openSUSE 10.2
Classification:	openSUSE
Component:	Installation (show other bugs)
Version:	Final
Hardware:	Other SUSE Other

Priority:	P5 - None Severity: Major (vote)
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Assignee:	Steffen Winterfeldt
QA Contact:	Jiri Srain

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Reported:	2007-01-01 13:16 UTC by Forgotten User 06k4h7fA91
Modified:	2007-02-15 11:40 UTC (History)
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Description Forgotten User 06k4h7fA91 2007-01-01 13:16:49 UTC

I wanted to update my 10.0 installation but the "welcome splash" doesn't even appear.

Comment 1 Matej Horvath 2007-01-03 10:30:58 UTC

Have you checked the iso image and final media?

Comment 2 Forgotten User 06k4h7fA91 2007-01-03 22:35:35 UTC

I'm not sure what you mean. I've checked the md5sums of the DVD and CD mini image.
Both media work properly in other computers (Intel P4) and the DVD drive in the EPIA can read the media properly when running under 10.0.

My assumption is that the boot loader code contains instructions which the CPU on the EPIA board (Centaur VIA Samuel 2 stepping 03) doesn't understand.

Comment 3 Forgotten User 06k4h7fA91 2007-01-06 13:25:55 UTC

Today I've tried to start the installation with a boot floppy and there a freeze happens just when the boot loader switches to boot graphics.

After figuring out how to prevent the boot loader from using boot graphics, the installation program started successfully.

So a workaround for this issue is to hold down any SHIFT key while booting from CD/DVD and choose "n" at the prompt "Load boot graphics (y/n)?".

Comment 4 Torsten Duwe 2007-02-02 14:35:25 UTC

Dear bug reporter / screening team,
due to the increasing number of grub "bugs" that are most likely
unrelated to grub's basic functionality but nevertheless assigned to me,
I took the time to write up some explanations for your kind consideration.
Please have a look at http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs/grub

Comment 5 Steffen Winterfeldt 2007-02-15 11:40:51 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 231104 ***