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Re: [rhelv5-list] installing Red Hat EL 5 on a new Macpro

Tom Sightler

2008-04-03

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On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 10:37 -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> Sharpe, Sam J wrote:
> >> When I attempt to boot from the Red Hat 5.1 install DVD, I see the
> >> following in the logs:
> >>
> >> ide-cd: cmd 0x28 timed out
> >> hda: DMA interrupt recovery
> >> lost interrupt
> >> lost interrupt
> >> lost interrupt
> >> lost interrupt
> >>
> >> I've tried the Red Hat 5.1 install cd as well as the Red Hat 4 install
> >> cd, same problem. Centos 5.1 gives the same issue.
> >
> > Try booting with "linux hda=noprobe"
>
> Yeah, tried that as well. It produces the same problem as the
> askmethod, where every keystroke is duplicated.

Since both of the issues you describe seem like they might be related to
interrupts it might be worth trying some of the common interrupt related
boot options like "pci=nommconf", "pci=noacpi" etc. Or perhaps a
combination of those options.

Later,
Tom




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