Very Computer

    I'm currently running RH 5.0 on a Gateway 9100XL laptop (Pentium II,
CardBus PCMCIA), installed from CD and later upgraded to the 2.0.32 kernel
RPM from RedHat and using the pcmcia-cs-3.0.1 package. This works fine.

    Attempts to upgrade to RH 5.1 are failing during pre-install: booting
from the 5.1 boot floppy image comes up as far as asking for the keyboard
type, then dies with:

        Cirrus PD6729 found, 2 sockets
        sending termination signals...done
        sending kill signals...
        unmounting filesystems.../proc
        Rebooting system

    My only guess is that the kernel on the boot disk can't handle the
PCMCIA setup. Where can I go from here? Is it possible to pass boot
parameters that will disable PCMCIA, for example? I can of course buy one of
the 5.1 CDs, but since I've already got all the RPMs installed on the
laptop's disk, would rather not wait.

    Thanks,
    Jon Leech
    Silicon Graphics

I've got the same problem with a boxed set of 5.1 from RedHat.  I've entered
a ticket at their site and I'll post a follow up if they respond.

I had the similar problem with the installation. Later I found out that
whenever I used "pagedown" key to make choices, the computer reboots.
I then only used arrow keys to make choices, everything was installed fine.
Did you used the "pagedown" key to choose the keyboard type? Try to avoid using
"pageup" or "pagedown" key. Hope this helps.

|> I've got the same problem with a boxed set of 5.1 from RedHat.  I've entered
|> a ticket at their site and I'll post a follow up if they respond.
|>
|> >    I'm currently running RH 5.0 on a Gateway 9100XL laptop (Pentium II,
|> >CardBus PCMCIA), installed from CD and later upgraded to the 2.0.32 kernel
|> >RPM from RedHat and using the pcmcia-cs-3.0.1 package. This works fine.
|> >
|> >    Attempts to upgrade to RH 5.1 are failing during pre-install: booting
|> >from the 5.1 boot floppy image comes up as far as asking for the keyboard
|> >type, then dies with:
|> >
|> > Cirrus PD6729 found, 2 sockets
|> > sending termination signals...done
|> > sending kill signals...
|> > unmounting filesystems.../proc
|> > Rebooting system
|> >
|> >    My only guess is that the kernel on the boot disk can't handle the
|> >PCMCIA setup. Where can I go from here? Is it possible to pass boot
|> >parameters that will disable PCMCIA, for example? I can of course buy one
|> of
|> >the 5.1 CDs, but since I've already got all the RPMs installed on the
|> >laptop's disk, would rather not wait.
|> >
|> >    Thanks,
|> >    Jon Leech
|> >    Silicon Graphics
|>
|>

I'm having the same problem (in fact, I posted about this over in
the linux hardware group.)

I'm not hitting any keys on the keyboard other than <tab> and <spacebar>.

I still get it.

Most annoying.  Perhaps an incompatibility with this particular Cirrus Logic
chipset?  

In a previous life, I used to do network testing with laptops.  Cirrus Logic
caused *major* headaches for everyone.