[GH-ISSUE #73] v1.0.0 hangs at boot on Thinkpad R52 #64

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opened 2026-03-03 18:48:42 +03:00 by kerem · 5 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-03 18:48:42 +03:00

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Originally created by @the-r3dacted on GitHub (Feb 16, 2026).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/oerg866/win98-quickinstall/issues/73

Booting from the disk, no matter if I press enter or use any of the F keys, I just hang at the tsc=xyz screen with blinking cursor and no drive activity. The disk just spins down after a bit. It's not hard locked, Ctrl + Alt + Del reboots, but I just don't proceed any further here. v0.9.6 boots fine on the same hardware.

Also the new boot menu is a bit confusing, I first waited the five seconds thinking I don't know what these options are and just wanted to boot, but no that just skipped to boot from HDD. Maybe having a Windows 98 style disk boot menu with a 10 second timeout would be better. Or just go back to the v0.9.6 bootloader since that actually worked.

Originally created by @the-r3dacted on GitHub (Feb 16, 2026). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/oerg866/win98-quickinstall/issues/73 Booting from the disk, no matter if I press enter or use any of the F keys, I just hang at the tsc=xyz screen with blinking cursor and no drive activity. The disk just spins down after a bit. It's not hard locked, Ctrl + Alt + Del reboots, but I just don't proceed any further here. v0.9.6 boots fine on the same hardware. Also the new boot menu is a bit confusing, I first waited the five seconds thinking I don't know what these options are and just wanted to boot, but no that just skipped to boot from HDD. Maybe having a Windows 98 style disk boot menu with a 10 second timeout would be better. Or just go back to the v0.9.6 bootloader since that actually worked.

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2026-03-03 18:48:43 +03:00

kerem commented

2026-03-03 18:48:43 +03:00

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@oerg866 commented on GitHub (Feb 16, 2026):

boottest.zip

Can you test this ISO? This fixes this same symptom on VMWare, since I think the Thinkpads use the same licensed Phoenix core it might fix it there too, pls let me know

@oerg866 commented on GitHub (Feb 16, 2026): [boottest.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/25336473/boottest.zip) Can you test this ISO? This fixes this same symptom on VMWare, since I think the Thinkpads use the same licensed Phoenix core it might fix it there too, pls let me know

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2026-03-03 18:48:43 +03:00

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@the-r3dacted commented on GitHub (Feb 16, 2026):

With this I get past the tsc=xyz message, but I get stuck at Load: [. ] instead. Although not sure if this is because its 22MB ISO or if another weird issue.

@the-r3dacted commented on GitHub (Feb 16, 2026): With this I get past the tsc=xyz message, but I get stuck at Load: [. ] instead. Although not sure if this is because its 22MB ISO or if another weird issue.

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2026-03-03 18:48:43 +03:00

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@the-r3dacted commented on GitHub (Feb 16, 2026):

Actually the behavior is slightly different, it's not spun down yet and the drive light is static on. I burnt this to a DVD-RW because I didn't want to waste a DVD-R on it, but I think this drive is probably too old to handle a DVD-RW idk.

@the-r3dacted commented on GitHub (Feb 16, 2026): Actually the behavior is slightly different, it's not spun down yet and the drive light is static on. I burnt this to a DVD-RW because I didn't want to waste a DVD-R on it, but I think this drive is probably too old to handle a DVD-RW idk.

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2026-03-03 18:48:44 +03:00

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@the-r3dacted commented on GitHub (Feb 16, 2026):

So I burnt a new disk, and I ejected it from the laptop, and Load: turned into 24?ERR. I was able to Ctrl + Alt + Del here and boot from the new disk, and this worked a lot better. I was able to get into the installer and it works.

@the-r3dacted commented on GitHub (Feb 16, 2026): So I burnt a new disk, and I ejected it from the laptop, and Load: turned into 24?ERR. I was able to Ctrl + Alt + Del here and boot from the new disk, and this worked a lot better. I was able to get into the installer and it works.

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@oerg866 commented on GitHub (Feb 16, 2026):

24ERR means that it failed to read on sector 24, so most likely just failure to handle DVD-RW. But good to know this is fixed. I will hopefully release 1.0.1 soon so you can enjoy this fix

@oerg866 commented on GitHub (Feb 16, 2026): 24ERR means that it failed to read on sector 24, so most likely just failure to handle DVD-RW. But good to know this is fixed. I will hopefully release 1.0.1 soon so you can enjoy this fix