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[John Sved <JohnSved@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just checked:

APPEND = "acpi=off apm=on"

works on my Inspiron 4000.

APPEND = "noacpi" was accepted but did not work.

-- John

Jim Carter wrote:
>  
> 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.)