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Re: Quick Ubuntu question



 These are some of the options that Dan could use. In any case, I'm 
pretty sure that I got it right when I worked on Dan's system at the 
installfest. 

apm=off 
acpi=off 
noresume 
nosmp 
noapic 


On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 14:18:19 -0800 
"Kristian Erik Hermansen" <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> And I always confuse these as well... 
> 
> noapic nolapic apic=off.  What is the document again that specifies 
> all the correct kernel options??? 
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/2/08, Jerry Feldman <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> > On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 14:46:19 -0500 
> > Robert Krawitz <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> > 
> > >    Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 14:40:24 -0500 
> > >    From: Jerry Feldman <[hidden email]> 
> > > 
> > >    On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:09:24 -0500 
> > >    "dan moylan" <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> > > 
> > >    >=20 
> > >    > jerry writes: 
> > >    > > Thanks. In the specific case for the installfest, what Dan needs to 
> > do 
> > >    > > is to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst, 
> > >    > > Replace the line: 
> > >    > > 
> > >    > > with 
> > >    > > 
> > >    > > You can keep the quiet and splash if you like. 
> > >    >=20 
> > >    > yes -- but you DID mean noapci, no? 
> > > 
> > >     Yes, that is the important kernel parameter for you. 
> > > 
> > > It's "noacpi", not "noapci". 
> > 
> > True. I tend to transpose it occasionally. 
> > 
> > 
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