Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) id f8EJVlC02891 for linux-xfs-outgoing; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 12:31:47 -0700 Received: from pneumatic-tube.sgi.com (pneumatic-tube.sgi.com [204.94.214.22]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with SMTP id f8EJVie02871 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 12:31:44 -0700 Received: from crom.corp.sgi.com (crom.corp.sgi.com [130.62.63.32]) by pneumatic-tube.sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8-aspam/980310.SGI-aspam) via ESMTP id MAA00652 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 12:30:18 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (florin@sgi.com) Received: from stantz.corp.sgi.com (stantz.corp.sgi.com [130.62.175.86]) by crom.corp.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id MAA91668 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 12:36:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by stantz.corp.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B0E715A213 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 12:30:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: RH 7.1 & XFS 1.0.1 on SGI 1200 (AIC7xxx hang) From: Florin Andrei To: linux-xfs In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/0.13 (Preview Release) Date: 14 Sep 2001 12:30:22 -0700 Message-Id: <1000495822.12129.31.camel@stantz.corp.sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Wed, 2001-09-12 at 22:37, Tony Clark wrote: > > Hmmm... This was posted: > > On 18 Jul 2001 15:46:48 -0400, Doug Ledford wrote: > > > > When using my boot disk, you have to use the "apic" option, not the "noapic" > > option. > > but with no mention of how to use this option. I'll try a little more and > see if anything can be made to happen. If anyone who knows how to make this > go away, I'd appreciate the assistance. When the install floppy boots up, you get a prompt, right? At that prompt, just write "linux apic" and hit Enter. Or "text apic" if you prefer a text-mode installation (i do). -- Florin Andrei "Our kernel does have source control: its name is Linus Torvalds, CVS with a brain." - Nicholas Knight