> I don't think so. I was simply wrong about it being bad hardware (most > likely). However another poster pointed out that ACPI on a P1 is > probably wrong and since the message say it's not giving results the > kernel likes, it could certainly apply. Try booting with > acpi=off > or > noacpi > (I forget which one, it might be listed in the Install Guide, or on the > F1-F10 help pages of the CD (before starting the installer)).
<snip> > Also apic and local apic could be a problem. Basically anything that > your board tried to support but wasn't up to the standards that > eventually came into force, but are what the kernel expects. <snip> I've tried the following -expert acpi=off -expert noapic nolapic -expert acpi=off noapic nolapic -removing the USB card (no more querys about loading the usb module) -selecting No whenever the installer asks about PCMCIA The result is always the same: installation stops shortly after the base install starts (bootstrap-base). Not too sure what else to try. > > > > > I guess one other possibility is if the installer is not using the > > > 486 kernel but the 686 one (/var/log/syslog in the installer will > > > tell you the answer to that). As various modules were being loaded in, I noticed some had "2.6.28-1-486" as a part of their name. I assume if these were being loaded, then the correct kernel was selected? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
