in case anybody else experiences problems with booting the installer, please try all the boot options available and tell us if it helped. there are currently (4.702) three boot options:
default (just hit enter or wait some seconds) classic (like default, but without ACPI/APIC support) smp (multiprocessor kernel)
Here's me crack at it. ============================== Test System = VMWARE Guest PIII 450 128 Meg RAM 3 AMD NIC's ===================================== ASL v4, no issues w/ install or use
ASL Beta 5:
Install hung at INIT: version 2.78 booting a. Selected to install on single processor system. * System Hung. b. Selected "classic" to install w/o APIC Support. * System Hung. c. Selected "smp" to install on multi-processor system. * Start time 8:25PM * Boot passed INIT within seconds (1-2) and when to the Information Screen. * End time 8:40PM
So far, the system is up at the WebAdmin. I am going to continue and see how it runs... I'm wondering how an "SMP" install will run on a single cpu system??? Guess I will find out.