boot floppy for acpi force

lighthouseca · 09-02-2008, 08:35 PM

I have an old pc and finally!!!!!! got xbuntu onto disk to boot, however as soon as it boots it says bios is too old and wants acpi=force,
Is this something i can put on a floppy to run previous to boot so itboots up???

drewbug01 · 09-03-2008, 12:22 AM

No, thats simply a command-line option you need to type at that first Xubuntu menu: This one to be specific http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/sl...se=791&slide=1

Try hitting f6 there, it should allow you to type "acpi=force" on a line somewhere...

Good luck!

-- Drew

JZL240I-U · 09-03-2008, 06:02 AM

You should put it in the "kernel=..." line of GRUB's menu.lst. I use it there and had no more problems since then.

lighthouseca · 09-03-2008, 08:48 AM

okay, i managed to edit grub and add to kernel, now it hangs
[665.866881] Early unpacking intramfs
????
any ideas

JZL240I-U · 09-03-2008, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lighthouseca

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[665.866881] Early unpacking intramfs
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Is this the exact error message? If not please post it exactly and completely as you see it on your screen...

drewbug01 · 09-03-2008, 03:39 PM

Also, you may have had a bad burn of your CD. There should be an option on that first boot menu to check the integrity. You may wish to do that, you may have a semi-coaster. :-)

-- Drew