Re: Fedora Core 4 Test Update: kernel-2.6.14-1.1654_FC4

[Doug Henderson <djhender telusplanet net>]

Andy Burns wrote:
> Have you tried with acpi=off?
> Is there a BIOS update available for your motherboard?

After submitting my original message, I found bugzilla report 175731 that suggested booting with acpi=off.

That allowed boot of SMP kernel.

Also, I tried booting with pci=noacpi. That also allowed boot of SMP kernel. There is no output from the "dmidecode output" command.

I had my wife install and run x86info: it reports a number of problems. I'll have to see that for myself. And crack the case to see which motherboard is in there. ISTR that I installed a BIOS upgrade within a year after I got the system.