Kevanf1 wrote:
On 5/4/05, Martin Deppe <Martin.Deppe@web.de> wrote:
Kevanf1 wrote:
On 5/3/05, Martin Deppe <Martin.Deppe@web.de> wrote:
Kevanf1 wrote:
Hi Martin. The general concensus of opinion from some far more knowledgeable friends of mine all seem to think ACPI may well be the culprit here. It would make sense being as it is on a board that supports a 166 Pentium. So I assume the board is around 5 or 6 years old at the earliest? Have you tried the install without ACPI enabled? I remember seeing it when I installed my 9.2 it's about the third one down 'I think'.
I even used the fourth down which is: apm=off acpi=off mce=off barrier=off ide=nodma idewait=50 i8042.nomux psmouse.proto=bare and I chose "Text Mode", "NFS", "Verbose" and "Driver" right now again, with the same result.
I was thinking how I could activate the swap devices which are there (-Kastus wrote that I would probably need 256 MB main memory). So far I thought that it would be activated automatically. I wouldn't even want to install X (at least not starting it) since I intended to use it as a server only, even though I would like to use YaST2.
Martin
Martin, this really is most puzzling. Please keep us informed if you try again by activating the swap devices. I for one am very interested in the result. It will certainly influence my choice of installation when I come to set my own 166 board up.
Just a thought. How about installing 9.1 then updating the kernel and any other packages that you will need so that it is to all intent and purpose the same as 9.2? Or is that not a possibility? Sorry if I've missed something by suggesting that.
Kevan, I do not have the 9.1 set of CDs and DVD (only the 9.1 live CD). I have 9.0 installed on that box. So, do you think I should try to update/upgrade it from there or can I download the right 9.1 images from somewhere? On the other hand, how can I activate the swap devices, if it isn't done automatically? I mean I don't seem to ever get to the stage where I can do it. Or can it be done through a kernel boot parameter? I was looking into the options of that but I didn't find any such option. In the meantime I tried a boot as before (the save settings one) with the additional options "mem=nopentium pci=nobios" with the same result as before :-( It's quite stubborn, isn't it? Martin