Re: FC4 Bootable CD - Possible ?

[Jim Cornette <fc-cornette insight rr com>]

Elton Ashby wrote:
> Bob Palank wrote:
>
> > 1. Is it possible to create a FC4 Bootable CD for an HP Pavilion a705W ?
> >     ( I put the CD in, restart,  and Fedora C4 loads and runs.)
> > 2. Does such a CD already exist ?
> > 3. If not, could a data CD be made such that a very basic FC 4 system is
> >    created on the CD, then later additional services could be added to 
> > the
> > CD,
> >    such as KDE and its additional requirements ?
> > This seems like an excellent way to learn the basics of an OS.
> > Incidentally,  I tried a Knoppix 3.2 CD and it failed on the HP!
> > BR
> >   Bob Palank
> Hi Bob:
>
> This is slightly off-topic but it may be helpful. I have an HP Pavilion 
> similar to (but not the same as) yours. I can boot from the Knoppix CD 
> by using the "acpi=off" cheatcode.
>
> At the boot prompt type:
>
> knoppix acpi=off
>
> ...and then press Enter
>
> Good luck and feel free to contact me off-list if you have a question;

I was going to suggest using acpi=on

My HP Pavilion will not work without acpi enabled. :-)
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Jim