Sorry for taking so long to get back linux noapic noacpi worked, cheers On 05/02/07, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote: > > Johnny Hughes wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 16:40 +0000, Filianx wrote: > > > >> Hi > >> > >> I am trying to install CentOS 4.4 on an hp pavilion PC. > >> > >> It wont install just boots in a circle, so I think I have to pass > >> acpi=no at boot stage. > >> > >> Can anyone give me a detailed explanation how do this? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> -- > >> Filianx > >> > > > > Not sure where you are in the install process ... if you haven't been > > able to get the product installed at all ... when you boot off the ISO > > type this: > > > > linux noapic noacpi > > > > ------------------ > > > > If you have already done the install and this is happening on the first > > boot up then do this: > > > > At the grub screen (the blue screen that has a countdown), press the > > "Enter key" and then select the kernel with the arrow keys ... then > > press the "a" key to append. > > > > add this text: > > > > noapic noacpi > > > Why did you include noapic? Why no timer, or what timer is then used? > > Then press enter and you should be able to boot. > > > > ------------------ > > > > Once you get booted up, you need to look at the file: > > > > /boot/grub/grub.conf > > > > and make sure any "kernel" lines have: > > > > noacpi noapic > > > > at the end if them. > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > Johnny Hughes > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Filianx -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070408/de060fd5/attachment-0004.html>