Bug#468357: win32-loader: installer won't load after rebooting
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 11:19 PM, Wei Chen <wchenhk@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Jim Paris <jim@jtan.com> 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.
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Cheers,
Wei
http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/
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