I did an ftp install of Suse 9.0 yesterday. Everything seemed to be going fine. When I got to the "configure hardware" part of the install, it found and let me configure everything. I thought I was home free until....during the initial boot (and all attempts since) the system locks ups right at

ACPID: No ACPI support in kernel skipped

I have tried to boot "rescue system" and the automatic process went through and appeared to fix one or two errors, but it still locks up at the same point.

The only other error message I get during the boot is something along the lines of....warning dma is turned off on your hard disc. this drastically slows the fcsk...

please help

cheers,

NCAussie

I forgot...I had gone into my bios setup and the acpi was turned off when the install was done. I turned it on this morning and the system refuses to boot.

For starters, try turning acpi off from your bios (just to get the system to start up up to the point where it locks up).
The issue is related to your power management. I would suggest re-installing SuSE JUST TO MAKE SURE the problem is not corrupted files or software. if/when you re-install SuSE and the problem persists, then you know for sure there is some kind of conflict going on.
Also, look carefully in SuSE Linux's setup program for options to set up ACPI. I never bothered looking because I have no need for it. The SuSE setup may (or may not) have an option somewhere where u can turn off ACPI completely.
good luck

I went ahead and ran another ftp install last night. Everything is working fine now

Oh cool. I'm glad you got it fixed. I had a gutt feeling some files may have bene acting crazy