Adding boot options?

[Nils Kassube]

Nigel Ridley wrote:
> I have a relatively old computer with Feisty installed. At the initial
> boot screen it prints a message on the screen informing me that it is a
> pre-2000 bios and I need to add 'apci=force' to the boot menu (the
> computer doesn't shutdown completely - I have to hold the power button
> for several seconds for it to power off and then unplug it as it will
> sometimes power back on again after 30 secs. or so).
>
> Q. How do I add the 'apci=force' to the boot menu?

Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst as root with the command:

kdesu kate /boot/grub/menu.lst

Search for the line

# kopt=root=<your boot partition> ro

and put your extra boot parameter at the end of the line. Then it looks 
like this:

# kopt=root=<your boot partition> ro apci=force

Now search for lines starting with

kernel    /boot/vmlinuz-<your kernel>

and put your extra boot parameter at the end of all these lines also.


Nils