Re: Newly installed SuSE won't boot...

From: Adam (adam_cheney_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/18/03 

Date: 18 Sep 2003 01:51:15 -0700

Ralf Bader <rjbader@t-online.de> wrote in message news:<bk9ku5$494$05$1@news.t-online.com>...
> Adam wrote:
> >
> > Actually, that's not entirely true, as it will boot in 'Safe Mode',
> > but I'd like to resolve whatever problems it's having...
>
> It is the same kernel, but with different options, see your bootloader
> config file. To be precise, "failsafe" means ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off
> vga=normal nosmp maxcpus=0 (i.e. only one CPU) disableapic 3 (probably
> meaning Don't use APIC, but the 8259 interrupt controller). So (at least)
> one of these points is sticky on your machine.

Thanks Ralf. Worked this out last night - I didn't have time to play
much the night before I posted this - I'm doing long days at the
moment.

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>
> Then i'd check DMA first.
>

The key option is acpi=off - with this option specified in menu.lst,
the default 'Linux' boots fine. I'm not yet really sure what acpi is
(other than that it's an acronym for Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface, and what I can infer from that), so I'll have a bit of a
dig around.

I'd still like to understand what's going on, exactly...

Cheers - Adam...

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