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[Jim Carter <jimc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, John Sved wrote:
> Success !
>
> I edited the APPEND= line in /etc/lilo.conf but
> only APPEND= acpi=off  worked.
>
> i.e.  two parameters seems not to be accepted.  (The documentation is
> lousy)  I tried various permutation but running the command lilo
> reported syntax errors on this line.

You need quotes if the argument has any spaces.  This from my lilo.conf
file:

image  = /boot/vmlinuz
  label  = linux
  root   = /dev/hda3            # IDE disc 1 partition 3
  append = "noapic devfs=mount"

In Grub's menu.lst you don't need the quotes but you need to specify all
the parameters; lilo gives you root= and vga= for free, and folds in the
image name.  Here's my example:

title Linux 2.4.19 (Custom)
  root   (hd0,2)
  kernel = /boot/vmlinuz noapic devfs=mount vga=0x343 root=/dev/hda3

(For the sharp-eyed: kernel 2.4.19 knows that the APIC on an Inspiron 4100
is poison, and refuses to turn it on.)

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