with mandriva you have to turn off acpi then install for some reason install hangs when installing sata if acpi is on.it even sees xp nvraid .this may work with other distros.don't forget to turn acpi back on after install or xp won't work
You could always just pass "noapic" as a kernel param... saves having to turn it back on afterwards.
ie: for a Fedora Install, when it sits there after loading the CD / DVD, it asks you to either hit enter (default) or pass install options. It's here that you can type "linux noapic" and it will pass "noapic" to the kernel once it has loaded.
[quote:b9eeb5ed71="fox_eagle2003"]with mandriva you have to turn off acpi then install for some reason install hangs when installing sata if acpi is on.it even sees xp nvraid .this may work with other distros.don't forget to turn acpi back on after install or xp won't work