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["Brian S. Schang" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stan:

Sunday, January 21, 2007, 1:06:14 PM, you wrote:

> You probably need to provide a kernel boot parameter during install such as
> nosmp, acpi=off, noapic, etc. You didn't say whether you tried the Failsafe
> mode install. If Failsafe works then you know its most likely ACPI, APIC or
> interrupt related. This may only need to be done for the install/upgrade.

Thanks for the feedback. I'm sorry that I didn't provide more details.

Anyway, I did have success getting the installer to run reliably when
I used the 'noapic' option. However given that I have a multiple CPU
machine, I was reluctant to get too excited when it seemed to work.

I understand what you're saying, but at the same time I'm confused.
Please help me understand; I've assumed that if I need to use 'noapic'
to get the kernel on the install DVD to run than I would also need it
to get the final installed kernel to run also. Why is it that I might
only need 'noapic' during the update?

Thanks again.

-- 
Brian

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