On Tue, 07 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> I don't think anyone will know what it is. I couldn't find it in the
> lilo README or the source/doco for the kernel (2.0.37). Where did you
> find get it from? The best doco for lilo is the README that comes with
> the lilo source. Most distros install a copy at /usr/doc/lilo or so.
>
> Of course, lilo can pass parameters to the kernel and init.
>
> man lilo and man lilo.conf provide very terse quick reference, but the
> README is a better place to start.
>
> Maybe noapic is a parameter for some driver for newfangled hardware.
>
I found it... it's in
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/IO-APIC.txt It's a way to
"fix" some SMP I/O problems, apparently (at least that's
what I got from a brief read-over.) Found out where it was
from searching RedHat's website. :-) The URL is:
http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/BootPrompt-HOWTO-3.html
