On Saturday 08 August 2009 03:21 pm, Sine 39 wrote: > The setting for APIC Mode (which is currently showing as 'enabled') in my > BIOS appears in light blue with a cross next to it, meaning I cannot change > it. This may be because I need to change another setting in order to be > able to configure APIC Mode, I know this because this applies to some other > settings. > > Any idea what I might need to do in order to make APIC Mode available to > configure? I have tried searching it but the only thing I came accross was > something saying you cannot configure APIC mode once you have installed an > operating system which makes no sense to me since the BIOS loads before any > operating system and doesn't reside on the hard drive. I tried tricking the > BIOS into thinking there was no operating system by disabling the hard > drive but this didn't work and I wouldn't expect it to since how can the > BIOS know whether an OS is installed anyway when it doesn't load > information from the HD. > > > From: m...@neidorff.com > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: Trying to boot Lenny after installation > > Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 08:36:00 -0400 > > > > From the first boot, the code c0117b60 has to do with the apic system. > > Have you tried to change its settings in your bios (turned it off)? I > > don't have direct experience, but I did a google search for the code and > > came up with apic.
I don't claim to be a bois expert, but can you either totally reset the bios into a "default" mode or update the bios to a newer version so that you can change the apic setting? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
