Bug 3478

Summary:	unable to run Mageia-2-alpha1-LiveCD-KDE4-Europe1-Americas-i586-CD
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Jerrold Heyman <heymanj>
Component:	Release (media or process)	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	Normal	CC:	sysadmin-bugs, zen25000
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:		CVE:
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Description Jerrold Heyman 2011-11-26 20:47:20 CET

Description of problem:
downloaded Mageia 2 Alpha (i586)
Attempted to run livecd image on Compaq system (currently Mageia 1 installed)
continuous scroll of "can't open /dev/tty[432]: No such file or directory"
this scrolling occurring on ctrl-alt-f1 - Mageia splash shows all circles solid blue. ctrl-alt-f3 shows 

*warning: unable to get module filename for usbhid
*needs usbhid
*     error reading usbhid: No such file or directory
*warning, insmod failed (usbhid (null)) (-1)
several more lines identifying ide media and scsi media - all hard drives (2) and dvd/cd (2) are identified correctly. last line says:
* stage1: disconnecting life support systems

powering off is the only way to regain control of the machine.

Compaq Presario S6104nx
1GB memory
2x80 GB EIDE drives
1 CD
1 DVD/RW

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Mageia-2-alpha1-LiveCD-KDE4-Europe1-Americas-i586-CD

How reproducible:
Every time I try

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Insert Mageia-2-alpha1-LiveCD-KDE4-Europe1-Americas-i586-CD and boot
2.
3.

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2011-11-26 22:16:20 CET

Hello, did you try with the dvd/boot.iso ?

CC: (none) => sysadmin-bugs
Component: Installer => Release (media or process)
Summary: unable to run Mageia 2 Alpha (Mageia-2-alpha1-LiveCD-KDE4-Europe1-Americas-i586-CD) => unable to run Mageia-2-alpha1-LiveCD-KDE4-Europe1-Americas-i586-CD

Comment 2 Jerrold Heyman 2011-11-26 22:51:52 CET

I have not downloaded the DVD iso.  I will give that a try

Comment 3 Barry Jackson 2011-11-27 10:56:16 CET

This looks like a duplicate of https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1506

CC: (none) => zen25000

Comment 4 Jerrold Heyman 2011-11-27 23:14:24 CET

used DVD/boot.iso to try to boot the Live-CD, no luck.  Live-CD was reported as non-install media.

Attempting to install via DVD installation (i586).

Definitely looks like a dup of #1506 - both CD/DVD drives on the machine are IDE.

Comment 5 Manuel Hiebel 2011-11-27 23:22:16 CET

ok thanks.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1506 ***

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => DUPLICATE