On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 11:19 PM, Wei Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Jim Paris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Wei, > > > > You mentioned your desktop is a Dimension C521. For the similar E521 > > it looks like other people ran into the exact same problem: > > > > http://www.felix-schwarz.name/Linux_on_Dell_E521_(en)#Boot_.28solved.29 > > > > and the solution in that case was to upgrade the system BIOS > > and/or try the kernel command line arguments "acpi=noirq" or > > "enable_8254_timer". > > > > -jim > > > > Hi. Thank you for your information. I shall try it out and have you > informed the result. >
Hi. Upgrading of the BIOS did not solve the problem. However, the installer booted well when the kernel argument "acpi=noirq" was added. After the installation, it could reboot into the newly installed system by itself without any additional configuration. Thank you for your help. -- Cheers, Wei http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
