APICs were added to CPUs and their chipsets back in the early 2000's I believe.
If you don't have one on your CPU/motherboard then obviously the software cannot use it - hence the NOAPIC option. Here is one explanation if you are interested: http://www.o3one.org/tutorials/apicarticle.txt Dave On 3/9/2012 2:19 PM, BRIAN GLACKIN wrote: > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 7:21 AM, Viesturs Lācis<viesturs.la...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >> 2012/3/9 charles green<xxzzb...@yahoo.com>: >> >>> the fanuc machines are at work. no desire to port them anywhere, just >>> >> replicate the solid controller functionality for my own fun. >> >> Since that would provide a benefit to Your employer, it seems obvious >> to me that they should pay for that. >> >> >> > I do not have the same starting point since I have no previous expereince > with milling and or CNC, but it appears obvious to me after lurking in this > mailing list for 5 years + now, that LinuxCNC is a solid controller not > only for the home user but for many production shops as well. > > > > >>> what is f6 noapic? >>> >>> >> During boot-up, press F6, some menu opens and "noapic" option is >> selected (at least that is how I understand it, I myself have never >> done that). >> >> Viesturs >> >> > As Viesturs mentioned, using the Livecd, at the opening splash screen, > there is a series of F# options with F6 allowing you to add or change the > startup command line. Hit F6 and scroll to the end of the line and add > -noapic. It helps with older systems - why? I haven't the foggiest but it > seems to smooth my installation efforts on these older compaqs. > > Brian > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization& Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
