NOAPIC and ACPI=off in F11 LiveCD, how?

Gene Heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
Sun Sep 13 02:56:43 UTC 2009


On Saturday 12 September 2009, Fernando Cassia 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.
>FC

Huh?  Take the cd out of the drive then.

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