install fails on hp 8513 (500 MHz P III)

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 7:05 AM, rpec9057 at uni.sydney.edu.au
<rpec9057 at uni.sydney.edu.au> wrote:
> When trying to run Unbuntu 9.04 from CD bootup, I get initial screens OK,
> choose try without changing your PC option, then after much disk activity:
>
> 0.000000 ACPI: no DMI BIOS year, acpi=force is required to enable ACPI
> 4.223893 IO APIC resources could not be allocated
>
> Package: installation-reports
>
> Boot method: CD
> Image version: 9.04
> Date: 06 October 2009 8:45pm
>
> Machine: HP Pavilion 8513
> Processor: P III, 500 MHz
> Memory: 384 MB
> Partitions: none
>
> Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): cannot run this command
>
> Base System Installation Checklist:
> [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
>
> Initial boot:           [O]
> Detect network card:    [ ]
> Configure network:      [ ]
> Detect CD:              [ ]
> Load installer modules: [ ]
> Detect hard drives:     [ ]
> Partition hard drives:  [ ]
> Install base system:    [ ]
> Clock/timezone setup:   [ ]
> User/password setup:    [ ]
> Install tasks:          [ ]
> Install boot loader:    [ ]
> Overall install:        [E]
>
> Comments/Problems:
> When trying to run Unbuntu 9.04 from CD bootup, I get initial screens
> OK, choose try without changing your PC option, then after much disk
> activity:
>
> 0.000000 ACPI: no DMI BIOS year, acpi=force is required to enable ACPI
>
> 4.223893 IO APIC resources could not be allocated

Perhaps you could try turn off APIC at BIOS config and disable ACPI
and APIC parameters at boot screen ( ex.: noapic, pci=noacpi,
acpi=off). You have to edit the boot command line, last option at CD
Live boot screen, I guess.

Here:

  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=476489

a list of parameters that can be used to override boot problems.

Or check (for instance):

   http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=793307

Or google for "ubuntu cd boot noapic noacpi"

Good luck,

L.


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