ACPI, noacpi, acpi=off (wasError message: MP-BIOS bug...)

[NoOp]

On 08/31/2008 08:36 AM, Nils Kassube wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>> On 08/30/2008 04:56 PM, (``-_-´´) -- Fernando wrote:
>> > What do they change, why do kernels fail, etc?
>>
>> Why is the sky blue? :-)
> 
> That's due to light scattering - but I fail to understand what light 
> scattering has to do with kernel failures :)

It has more to do with being a parent/grandparent and answering such
questions :-)

However, at least one has the choice in linux to enter kernel boot
options. [OT] At present I'm working on salvaging a few old recycled
Windows computers and wanted to keep two of the drives because they have
some old Autocad programs on them. I though "cool" I'll just move the
drives to a faster linux box, unplug my linux drives & test them there.
No such luck - Windows gives the famous 'STOP : INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE
0x0000007B' error because the IDE controllers on the other machine are
not the same. Whereas with my linux drives I can easily move them from a
600Mhz machine to a 2.4Ghz machine with little or no problems at all...