Install trouble - BIOS ?

[Tod Merley]

On 9/28/06, John French <cjf at tow.org.uk> wrote:
> I have an old Pentium II (266 MHz) which runs Windows 2000 OK (slowly!),
> so I thought I could use it as a mail server. However when I boot up
> with the Ubuntu CD, I get :
>
> [4294667.296000] ACPI : Unable to locate RSDP
>
> We then go to the install screen, and
>
> Loading essential drivers...            ok
> Mounting root file system...
>
> It hangs there for a long time, and then goes to a black screen with
>
> [198.393748] hdc : drive not ready for command
>
> I suspected it might be a BIOS problem, but I am unable to find an
> update for this old box. Any bright ideas for a workaround ?
>
> John French
>
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Hi John French!

Apparently you are able to boot live?

I have had problems with certian hard disk drives.  The last time I
had something like that happen it went away when I reformatted the
disk using the Ultimate Boot CD utilities for the disk.  It needed a
fairly low level format.

Other than that, you may need to use the alternate CD and turn off ACPI.

My two thoughts.

Good Hunting!

Tod

Ok, you should also Google "ACPI : Unable to locate RSDP" or portions thereof.