NOAPIC and ACPI=off in F11 LiveCD, how?

[Fernando Cassia]

On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Fernando Cassia <fcassia at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Tom Horsley <tom.horsley at att.net> wrote:
>> On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:58:46 -0300
>> Fernando Cassia wrote:
>>
>>> So... how do I make it boot with ACPI and APIC disabled?!?!. It
>>> displays the logo and the message "Fedora will boot in x seconds..."
>>> the countdown starts but I tried pressing F1, Space, Enter, and
>>> nothing displays a menu or boot prompt.
>>
>> Usually hitting a key makes it stop for me. Are you using a USB
>> keyboard? Is there a BIOS option to turn on BOIS usb keyboard
>> support? Being unresponsive to the keyboard was a symptom I
>> noted when I got a new motherboard till I found the USB options
>> in the bios.
>
> This system uses an infrared keyboard wired to they keyboard port (no
> drivers needed on any OS).
> However, I do not have access to the BIOS screen (Gateway locked
> people out, it was an internet appliance).
>
> If I manage to boot any OS, I can type. I just cannot seem to stop the
> countdown from the Fedora 11 LiveCD.

OK, it worked now... it was either the angle at which I was holding
the keyboard or the timing of my key presses.

Apologies for wasting your time...
I should note that a NetBSD LiveCD is much nicer and drops to a menu
instead of  the rushed "booting in 10 seconds"
countdown....

FC