clone 271890 -1 reassign -1 grub-installer reassign 271890 lilo-installer retitle -1 Please add the initial boot options to lilo.conf retitle -1 Please add the initial boot options to menu.lst thanks
> * 1) The ACPI problem: > The only way to boot the first CD was to enter "expert26 acpi=off' boot > option. There is no problem with that, the first part of the > installation ran OK (except the point with partman: see below). > But at the end of the first part of the installation procedure, there is > no way to edit the /etc/lilo.conf. (I tried but the "boot=/dev/hda" line > was rejected for unknow reasons). > And the "acpi=off" option is not added to this file... :/ > So the reboot crashed... > I turned the problem around by booting with the first CD of the Woody in > rescue mode, corrected the /etc/lilo.conf and ran /sbin/lilo. > > So, please add to the bootloader configuration files the options the > user passed to boot on the first CD. > > It seems as an evidence that if the user (luser, lurker) passed the > "acpi=off" option when booting the first CD, this option as to be added > to the /etc/lilo.conf file (forget about grub... I'm too old :) This is not as easy as writing it because many boot options are only relevant for the installer. So this would need to design a set of options which always go from the boot command line to the various boot loader command lines....The "acpi=off" is for sure part of these interesting options which need to be kept. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]