At 06:20 PM 2/3/03, you wrote:
And then, haven't wanted to do it for a while, but it used to be that XP
needed to be installed before Linux so that means both OS's need to be
reinstalled because XP will wipe the HD no matter what. Right? So obviously
a time saver to make sure that APIC is set and if it is, well, it's just that
simple.
On Monday 03 February 2003 19:18, you wrote:
> Simply switching from APIC to XPIC is enough. Linux will be fine, XP will
> complain.
>
> On Sunday 02 February 2003 19:10, you wrote:
> > Pat, I dont recall if there was a section in the BIOS for
> > enabling/disabling APIC, but I would give that a try. Reboot, go into
> > BIOS and see if it can be disabled. Given that you are having problems in
> > both Linux and Win, it is almost certainly some sort of hardware or
> > conflict issue. At this point, also considering the suggestions from the
> > CLUG I would guess that the problem could be one or more of
> >
> > 1: APIC related (try to disable in BIOS).
> >
> > If it cant be disabled in BIOS maybe someone on the list can suggest
> > how/if drivers/modules for APIC can be disabled in Linux. Not sure if
> > this would fix and APIC related problem though.
to disable apic in linux, you would add noapic as a kernel boot directive. IIRC
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