On Sat, 2007-01-20 at 15:06 -0700, Gustin Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Try resetting the bios to its defaults. If that does not work try > disabling PnP in the bios. > > Some kernel options that have proved useful to me in the past in similar > situations: > noacpi > pnpbios=off > acpi=noirq > pci=bios
Yeah, I did reset the bios to safety defaults, and noacpi didn't work, but I haven't tried the pnpbios, etc, options yet. I'll add them to the list. thanks. > > Please look in to what these options do, don't just start plugging them > in randomly. > > In cases such as these, YMMV > Cheers, > > Robert Campbell wrote: > > Hi all. > > > > I've been struggling with this problem for a while. I'm currently > > running FC4, and want to upgrade to the latest and greatest kubuntu on > > my Athlon 2500+, 280Gb HDD, Dual screen, 1.25GB RAM box. > > > > The problem is every time I try to install, the boot CD just keeps > > rebooting in the initrd stage. > > > > I've tried FC6, and Kubuntu and have the same problems. I've disabled > > my second screen, and also tried every kernel option I can think of, but > > to no avail. > > > > I tried the FC4 boot CD again and it had no difficulties, as well as > > older versions of ubuntu, so there must be something different in the > > kernel images or something. > > > > Does anybody have any ideas? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > 1 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFFspJvwRXgH3rKGfMRAl0AAKCUXHr3zv67e7uPGTRypaH+q6QFSACgjJGv > 4FFnMzpT4Nv0OPJ0UTTwG8Q= > =cxvu > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying
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