Booting from mini = ok. Booting from DVD = no go

[blippy]

Ok, I might've lied, while I can successfully boot from the mini, I still get some weird errors. These exist when using 3.3 mini/dvd and the 3.4 loop2 dvd.

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[86.613562] ibm_acpi ec object not found
[124.657329] ata6.01 failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x4)
[160.460655] ata6.01 failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x4)
[196.262982] ata6.01 failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x4)
[201.594333] powernow-k8 bios no psb or acpi _pss objects


These are on the screen when the splash screen says "Initializing kernel"

output from lspci

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00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2)
00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R430 [Radeon X800 XL] (PCIe)
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc R430 [Radeon X800 XL] (PCIe) (Secondary)

You can see that I have a Athlon64, but the versions of sabayon I've been using are regular x86 - I wouldn't think that it would cause a problem.

I also cannot boot with any options on the livedvd, X just doesn't want to go. You know the step where it says it's waiting while X is being configured? I let that run for about 30 minutes (was watching tv) before finally just powering down and starting over.

Are there some other cheat codes I need to try, or ones you think should work...or...do you have any idea what those first errors are about?

[blippy]

I don't know why I didn't find this before.... but this somewhat explains the error messages (haven't actually confirmed yet)

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_PowerNow!

[lxnay]

bad burn?

[blippy]

bad burn?

Don't think so, and that's what I thought at first. But I burned it multiple times for each iso AND tested it on another machine.

Honestly, no matter what I try, the dvd is a no go with me. Who knows, it might be an excuse to build a new machine =)