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.
We had this problem as well with a variety of 845 and 865 chipset boards, which are the only ones giving us any sort of problems. The weird thing is the box is hung, but not locked when it displays INIT 2.78, as if you plug in a usb device you can see the box "detect" it with some lines of text. No idea if this is usb-port releated or not, just wanted to share that. Will try the noapic command, as fooling with several bios options has had no luck for us.
I have tried the options as posted, but always the same thing! I have also tried to disable any not needed functions of the borad (sound, 1394..) - no way Always hang at the INIT.....
So now i will test a other computer to enjoy the new features
I have tried the options as posted, but always the same thing! I have also tried to disable any not needed functions of the borad (sound, 1394..) - no way Always hang at the INIT.....
So now i will test a other computer to enjoy the new features