Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: > On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 06:22:33AM -0800, Mitchell Verter wrote: >> The computer has just begun loading the CD and it seems to be hanging. >> >> This is what I see: >> #################################################### >> Detecting hardware to find CD-ROM drives >> >> Loading module 'yenta_socket' for 'Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC97' >> >> ##################################################### >> >> Any ideas what this means? >> Any ideas what I should do? > > It happened with me with a Toshiba Tecra, and turning ACPI off fixed it > (not sure if you have the same problem). > > Try booting with "acpi=off" as a kernel parameter.
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