why "acpi=off" after aborted install?

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• From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:01:17 -0400 (EDT)
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  there might be an obvious answer to this, but why would one
(according to the FC4 install notes) possibly need to use the install
option "acpi=off" if a previous installation was aborted early?
(asked by someone who is far from an ACPI expert.)

rday

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