the NOapic option is one of a few switches that can be passed to the kernel durring install or bootup. if this Mother Board has onboard video, that will also cause a freeze in about the same place if the mem=xxx (with xxx being the amount of system memory minus the "shared" video memory so that an 8 meg shared video mem and an 128 meg video stick, I would pass mem=118, with an extra 2 megs thrown in for comfort
On Wednesday 08 January 2003 02:54 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 08 Jan 2003 7:41 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I am referring to the K7VMM MoBo installation problem with Mandrake > > > 9.0. I was about to follow the Mandrake 9.0 installation patch > > > specified on their website (with the CTL/ALT/F2 etc...) and then > > > noticed that although you (Walt) were able to successfully install it > > > with this technique, it would not boot up anyway. > > > > > > Did you ever get this to finally boot up nicely? If so, what did you > > > need to do? I on the same boat.... K7VMM mobo. > > > > I think I may have found the fix. I will let you know the results > > tonight. > > > > Aparently the bug is common in many different ways (if that oxymoron > > makes sense.) > > > > All I have to do is boot off the installation cdrom with the "noapic" > > option added before boot. Go through the standard installation but add > > the "noapic" option in lilo.conf so that it is permanent. Supposingly it > > should turn out with a "Viola!!", but we'll see. (Figures crossed) > > > > According to the MandrakeForum, this should help diagnose most periphial > > conflicts during startup without hindering its functionality from > > thereafter. > > > > Till we meet again..... > > > > -Frank > > When you say 'noapic' option added before boot, do you mean F1, then type > noapic (and possibly more?) at a prompt? Or what? I'm interested, because > I could not install onto an older system than this one, and thought this > may be worth a try. > > Anne
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