[lug] debian with 2.4 kernel

Hugh Brown hugh at math.byu.edu
Tue Oct 7 19:34:49 MDT 2003


On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 20:23, Hugh Brown wrote:
> I downloaded all 7 cd's.  I chose the bf2.4 install image and when I got
> to the "would you like to make a boot disk" the system locked up. 
> Doesn't respond to keyboard, had to hard power off.  I tried booting
> into single user mode and it still locked up.


I did some more searching on the web and found that APIC support is to
blame.   I tried booting with noapic on the kernel line.  Is there a way
to disable it so that I can boot to 2.4, rebuild the kernel w/o having
it crash?

Hugh




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