No ACPI (Solved: ACPI=off)

[konaexpress]

Thanks for the help. It is installed, now, how do I find the menu.lst thing-a-ma-jig?

open a terminal su to root and type

mcedit /boot/grub/menu.lst       #I like using mcedit for file editing substitute your preferred editor

locate the entry that refers to your default boot line

mine looks like this

title linux
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=a759ce94-5374-4454-baab-33ec2f0ffcd2  quiet vmalloc=256M acpi=on resume=UUID=9f66837d-a1df-48c3-a18b-4cd58f7976e9 splash=silent
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

just remove the acpi=on entry and add noacpi to the end

title linux
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=a759ce94-5374-4454-baab-33ec2f0ffcd2  quiet vmalloc=256M resume=UUID=9f66837d-a1df-48c3-a18b-4cd58f7976e9 splash=silent noacpi
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

dont forget to exit out of the su terminal once done

I would also like to politly bring the forum search function to your attention

Jase

I must have goofed it up. This is what I came up with.

timeout 10
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
gfxmenu (hd0,4)/boot/gfxmenu
default 0

title linux
kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=239090da-bfd8-4e26-81e0-e6232b69e0f8  quiet nokmsboot vmalloc=256M resume=UUID=ae48fa48-5ad9-42a1-ae33-aa109fbae6ab vga=788 splash=silent noacpi
initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img

title linux-nonfb
kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=UUID=239090da-bfd8-4e26-81e0-e6232b69e0f8  quiet nokmsboot vmalloc=256M acpi=on resume=UUID=ae48fa48-5ad9-42a1-ae33-aa109fbae6ab
initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img

title failsafe
kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=UUID=239090da-bfd8-4e26-81e0-e6232b69e0f8  quiet nokmsboot failsafe vmalloc=256M acpi=on
initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img

title windows
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

This is what I got off of yours. Did I get this wrong? Thanks for the help.

[Hootiegibbon]

Looks ok to me, so long as your kernel line is not broken up over 2lines as it appears (nano used to justify edits over two lines instead of making it one)  then it will boot every time with the noacpi

if noacpi does not work you can always try acpi=off

Jase   

[konaexpress]

Looks ok to me, so long as your kernel line is not broken up over 2lines as it appears (nano used to justify edits over two lines instead of making it one)  then it will boot every time with the noacpi

if noacpi does not work you can always try acpi=off

Jase   

No acpi works when I use the F3 key in the startup screen Plymouth, Ranchero, Monti Carlo. The screen that gives you the option to boot normal, boot safe, Lead free.    I will try the acpi=off thing. If it doesn't work, it's alright. I am doing this on a Mac so anything is good in my world. PCLOS is the only thing I could run and ISTALL both. Cheers, it is what it is!