bareacpi.i kernel
 

Hi,

I have never had problems with installation in the past, but I just tried 9.1 on my notebook with ACPI. At the boot prompt I tried to load the kernel image bareacpi.i and was told that the kernel image could not be found. It is not listed in the kernel images that are displayed when I press F3. However, it is on the CD in /kernels/bareacpi.i. The install text says I may be able to use other kernels on the disk if I enter the $PATH. I tried things like /kernels/bareacpi.i, /dev/cdrom/kernels/bareacpi.i, etc. What am I missing?

Thanks

Did you check the md5sum of the iso image for the install disk? It may be corrupt. Since the table of contents comes at the beginning of the iso file, a listing would show files that aren't actually on the disk.

Just a thought.

Enjoy!
--- Cerbere

Yeah - the md5 sum was fine. Thanks

I noticed the same thing. They use it as an example to show how to choose an alternate kernel, but it isn't listed in the kernel list. I'm not too clear on exactly what acpi is. I know it has something to do with power, but does it still use IDE? I don't know much about laptops either, never had one. Have you tried using "/dev/hdd/(wherever the kernel is)/(file name)" or hdc or hdb. I could be way off base, but it could be worth a shot if it has anything to do with IDE.

hda is primary master
hdb is primary slave
hdc is secondary master
hdd is secondary slave

Right on. ACPI is a power management system that differs a little from APM. It's independent of IDE. The kernel image is for IDE machines that need ACPI support added in. Your suggestion makes me think that maybe I can just put the kernel image on my hard drive instead of the cd and maybe it will take it from there. I'll try it.

Yeah - I was surprised too that it was used as an example but then not made available.

Thanks

Still no luck. I guess I could always install without ACPI support and then put in a new kernel, but I'd rather do it from the start. Any ore help???

Please???

I was going to suggest to install with bare.i, and install the acpi kernel afterwards ... I think it seems like the most sane thing to do for now ... I don't have the 9.1 cd's so I can't try out myself how it responds to that kernel here ...

Yeah, that seems like the best way to go now. Thanks

Well it's nice to see that worked way back then ... and now it won't because they went to full acpi bios' and bare.i won't boot at all ....


Any one figure out how to get this stupid thing to actually see the acpi kernel on the cd

Yea, It always does that to me too. I always recompile anyway so it doesn't matter.... Only takes a couple minutes to enable acpi or apm then make everything so.... No biggie... Those kernels are way bloated anyway.... It's silly to run with a stock kernel.... Why clutter your hard drive with hundreds of modules when you only use 10 or less?

when i was isntalling slack 9.1 on my laptop, i couldnt get it to read bareacpi.i from booting, but when slackware later asked me what kernel i wanted to use (default is the boot, but you can pick other ones), i was able to pick bareacpi.i.

however, the acpi didnt work right (kept getting not full install errors, ect). i dont know if this had something to do w/ my acpi setup or what, even after compiling a kernel w/ the acpi patches using several differant options, i was never able to get acpi to work UNTILL the 2.6.2 + acpi patch (this was also after i upgraded my bios).