-----Original Message----- From: David Cary Hart <Fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Feb 6, 2005 11:44 AM To: matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Install hang question ... On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 13:36 -0500, mconsidine@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi, > I believe I've correctly searched the archives for this > answer, but found nothing. Hopefully, someone can point me > in the right direction ... > > I just finished a plain-vanilla install of Core 3. Upon the > first reboot, I get to the following point on the screen : > > Starting udev: [ OK ] > Initializing hardware ... storage network audio done [ OK ] > Configuring kernel parameters: > > and at this point it seems to be hung. Pressing > <Ctrl><SysRq> results in > /etc/init.d/functions: line 428: > /etc/rhgb/temp/rhgb-console: Interrupted system call > but it still seems hung. > > Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I need to > fix/reinstall to get this going? There were no errors > during the install, and the only message I note upon booting > is > ACPI: Unable to locate RSDP > !Try noacpi on the boot command line I thought the command was acpi=off. In any case this system should not boot with ACPI as it is too old. > The machine is a Dell Dimension XPS D300 (PII 300Mhz) with > 128M RAM and one 8Gb harddisk. The install is a fresh > "desktop" install (i.e. nothing is being preserved on the > old drive and default choices are selected for installation > options). This system's BIOS should be < 2001. > > FWIW, I've had RH 9 running on this machine before as part > of a dual boot system, so the machine is actually capable of > working :) RH9 did not default to using ACPI, but rather used APM. FC3 uses ACPI and has to be disabled (and should be on your system) in order to use APM. If you can boot the system using the Linux Rescue cd, and you are using GRUB, edit the kernel line to add: acpi=off This will force APM on. Also, please look through the archives before posting a message to the list. This subject has been discussed at length. -- James McKenzie A Proud User of Linux!
