On Fri, 14 May 2004, Mike Oliver wrote: > Update on this: I *can* boot if I leave out "acpi=off" but > substitute "noapic nolapic". I don't know what either of > those options means; I just happened to see another message > where they were being discussed and decided to try them. > > So would someone fill me in on what all these things do? I > know in general terms what ACPI does; for example when I use > the boot options above, if I pull out the AC cable, the screen > dims, whereas it didn't when I had "acpi=off". But I really > don't know what the implications of "noapic nolapic" are.
There seem to be a nice page detailing Linux installation and setup on precisely the kind of machine you have [0]. It gives some recipes on ACPI/PCMCIA fixes, so it might be useful. In particular there is a suggestion of booting with 'pci=noacpi nolapic' which might not knock out the ACPI completely. [0] http://twiki.complexfission.com/twiki/bin/view/Computer/CompaqPresario2199US Best regards, Jurij Smakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
