On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 12:10:01 +1300 Jim Cheetham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ebhakta wrote: > > Tried installing other distros, but they wouldn't install due to apic > > problem in the kernel... > > Pretty much all distros *should* let you pass the kernel requests for no > apic and so on ... Ubuntu explicitly mentions the correct invocations on > it's boot screens. I think thats why ubuntu worked where others didn't. I tried noapic on knoppix and mandrake 10.0, but they didn't work either. ubuntu had the invocations on the help page (f4 or f5 I think) and it booted if nopic AND nolapic were passed to the kernel. vatsala now knows this, and can hopefully apply them to other distros (although ubuntu is working well, apart from the fact the gui dialler [1] does not work, and that "installing some kde packages" has apparently stopped it booting) anyway, hopefully other cd's will boot with noapic nolapic [2] > > If you need to do work urgently, and also want to set up a Linux, > perhaps you should set up a dual boot system? he has a dual boot system with XP and ubuntu. [1] sudo wvdial works, but vatsala does not like it. [2] refer Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt in your kernel source directory. > > -jim -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
