On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 16:16:50 +0200 Frank Reich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello. > > For a friend of mine I ask you for help on a Gentoo-install on an old > computer. I already tried in alt.os.linux.gentoo, but the answer(s) > didn't help. > > The problem is this: > > Hardware: Pentium 120 with Intel FX chipset > Distribution: Gentoo 1.4 > > The Gentoo-boot-CD boots successful. When checking for PCI-bus the > correct chipset is detected and the PIIX-driver is loaded. > But when building the kernel (PIIX-chipset-driver compiled into kernel) > the (very same) chipset-detection ends in a kernel panic! > > My friend tried following options for "PCI Access Mode": "BIOS" and > "ANY" - but neither works. Instead the error message is: > > <snip> That board surely don't have ACPI, but, try adding these at boot in the kenel commandline: pci=noacpi or acpi=off you can switch the PCI Access Mode by kernel commandline rather than recompiling the whole kernel. > > THX4help, > Frank. > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
