Usually on the distro I use there is a failsafe selection that one could select if he was having problems with acpi (as I usually do), my emachines amd needs this, seems like AMD computers are a pita when it comes to this.
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 10:12 PM, mmmmna <[email protected]> wrote: > > Almost all of my latest hardware (Athlon through Celeron D) has needed > "acpi=off" when I boot Live CDs. After I boot the live CD a few times, > I usually elect to install and from then on, I've never had acpi > problems as my systems would boot and run very well - I never edit > grub. My current grub boot says "noapic". > > On Feb 20, 1:52 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: >> A mate and I repair and recycle old computers (well generally pentium >> 111 and 4's to sell so a disability employment agency can employ the >> intellectually disabled. >> We see lots of computers. We used to load Puppy Linux and it's newer >> version Dingo. Small size, and great hardware detection, but lately >> we've been loading gOS 3.1 into the pentium 4's or better desktops. >> Usually with 512 of memory. >> A common problem is acpi causing initially the live cd to fail to >> load, and then interfering with the install. Now I have a messy work >> around which is adding acpi=off to the grub menu (done by using a live >> cd load to access the grub menu on the hard disk. As the boot is messy >> after this (it works just) I feel there must be an neater solution >> What do readers suggest. (I've searched the forums but found no >> lasting answer, as all suggestions failed unless grub was altered. - >> but if that is done should the config file also be changed etc?? >> fwilt1 > > > -- Reach out and share life, care for others, --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
