hi,
The machine is a dual Pentium III with an ASUS P2B-D MB. I've tried disabling ACPI. It still locks up. I've tried taking one of the CPUs out so that the SMP kernel isn't installed by default. No difference. 10.0 load correctly if I use the onboard IDE controllers. I just can't get it to install when using the 2100S.
Are you sure a single-processor kernel was installed anyway? It's really the chipset that can need smp kernel, rather than the processors. Try booting with the CD, select "Installation" and then after analysing the system you should be able to boot the installed system. From there, you can check which kernel is installed (uname -r). Also check /var/log/boot.msg to see if APIC is enabled, or not. Dual processor chipsets handle interrupts in a special way and rely on APIC being enabled in the kernel. I'd be surprised if it's not a resources because the kernel module on the installed system should be the same as the one on the CD, which obviously worked fine during the installation. -- /Paul "It's not about the ending, it's about the journey." - Lex Luthor