it is slight changes in the way the BIOS (and chipset) "talks" to the CPU.
On Wednesday 08 January 2003 05:39 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > et wrote: > >APIC= Advanced Programable Interrupt Controller. is must have for SMP > > systems, and it's implmetation in single CPU boxes is not unversal, so > > there are sometime problems with it. you need either PIC or APIC as a > > method of controlling interrupts to the CPU > > > >On Wednesday 08 January 2003 04:27 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > >>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 > >> > >>What does > >> > >>noapic > >> > >>mean anyway ? > >> > >>I know of nobiospnp , but not noapic > >> > >>John > > Well you learn something new each day . > It's a different way of handling the interrupts on install ? > John
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