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On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 15:21 -0400, Andrew MacKenzie wrote:
> I've got an old PII Intergraph TD-225 PC that I'm trying to install Gento=
o
> onto. Bios is AMIBIOS. The system supports dual CPU but only has one.
>=20
> It currently has WinXP running on it fine. But every Linux install/boot =
CD
> I've run (Gentoo, CentOS, Knoppix, etc.) hangs while booting (2.4 and 2.6
> kernels).
>=20
> The last thing I see from the CentOS boot process is the following:
>=20
> Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
> SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
> Freeing SMP alternatives: 14k freed
> CPU0: Intel Pentium II (Klamath) stepping 03
>=20
>=20
> Then it just hangs. CD can pop out and everything. Can anyone give me a=
ny
> idea what's going wrong?
>=20

Typically, adding the boot parameter noapic (not noapci!) is the first
thing one should try.

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