On Friday 16 January 2004 11:21 am, P J Scott wrote:
> > At install time (if you haven't managed to install yet)
> > Boot the install CD, press F!, and try 'linux nobiospnp'
> > (w/o the quote marks)
> >
> > If you do have a working install, add nobiospnp to the
> > append= line in /etc/lilo.conf, EG, append=" devfs=mount
> > nobiospnp" You'll need to be root to do this, then run
> > 'lilo'.
> >
> > Your append line probly has more entries, the above is
> > just an example.
> >
> > --
> > Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas
> >
> > Thanks for this, I have tried booting with linux nobiospnp,
> > it all went
>
> well untill part way through. Then the dredded mesage hda lost
> interupt...aaarrrrgggggg
Then try 'nobiospnp acpi=off noapic' Both acpi and apic
affect interrupt handling and resources, so you'll need to
experiment to find which is the problem. The need for these
options indicates deficient hardware ( motherboard/bios). For
most system acpi is the problem.
--
Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas
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