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Hello Andrea, |
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Andrea Conti <alyf@××××.net> writes: |
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> I would check the processor type setting (A 3GHz Celeron should be |
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> P4-based) and/or muck around with ACPI. Also try disabling framebuffer |
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> drivers and using a plain VGA console. |
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> Leave all advanced settings in your bios to their defaults. |
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> And no, EM64T just means it *can* run amd64 -- i686 is fine and IMO a |
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> lot better for that kind of hardware if you do not absolutely need to |
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> run 64-bit code for some reason. |
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That is what I thought. |
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I looked into the BIOS: no AHCI support. I edited the genkernel .config |
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and set the various SATA drivers as built-in. There seemed to be |
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nothing wrong with grub or its configuration (I rebuilt it anyway, just |
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in case). In the end I gave up and installed the machine as an amd64. |
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I may know today how that turned out: my install script shuts the |
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machine down at the end and I'll need to get someone to re-boot it for |
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me as I'm not in the office. |
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I'll let you know what happened. |
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Thanks Andrea and everyone else for your help. |
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Roger |
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