My HP ze4125 laptop will not get past ACPI even if I use the noapic and acpi=no flags. My laptop just sits and says: Using local APIC timer interrupts. calibrating APIC timer... ..... CPU clock speed is 1391.4265 MHz. ..... host bus clock speed is 265.0336 MHz. cpu: 0, clocks: 2650336, slice: 1325168 CPU0<T0:2650336,T1:1325168,D:0,S:1325168,C:2650336> Waiting on wait_init_idle (map = 0x0) All processors have done init_idle ACPI: Subsystem revision 20021212 PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd87b, last bus=2 PCI: Using configuration type 1 ACPI-0263: *** Info: GPE Block0 defined as GPE0 to GPE63 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Insert CD 2.Boot cd on laptop 3. Actual Results: See details Expected Results: Discovered Hardware and started the boot process so I can install gentoo I have a stock HP ze4125 (Mobile Athlon XP 1600+ w/256MB RAM w/32 dedicated to the ATI Rage AGP adapter, with a National Semiconductor Labs MacPhyter 10/100 NIC
acpi=no is a mistake, could you please try acpi=off
acpi=off works, but it freezes up on my keymap selection now. I get the table, and I have the blinking Keymap selection: prompt, but my keyboard won't respond.
My HP ze4145 laptop shows these exact same symptoms using the 3stages-x86-1.4_rc3 CD. Boot progresses normally until it reaches keymap selection, which is impossible because keyboard is unresponsive. None of the following kernel messages makes any difference, whether singly or in combination: nomce nopcmcia nousb noauto noapic acpi=off. Also tried flashing the BIOS with the new (3/10/03) update, KA.M1.23. No change. ze4145 laptop is equipped similarly to ze4125, except that it has an 1800+ Mobile Athlon XP, 512 Mb DDR RAM, and an integrated ATI Radeon IGP 320M graphics adapter which uses 32 Mb of the system RAM. Previously, I had successfully installed Mandrake 9.0 on this laptop, though not without difficulty. In order to complete the installation, I had to use the following string of kernel messages: expert nomce nopcmcia nousb noauto patch ("patch" refers to a floppy-installed PERL patch which prevents highly erratic PS/2 wheel mouse operation) Finally, upon completion of the installation, in order to render the machine operable, I had to boot with the installation CD in rescue mode, then edit the /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia file to read "PCMCIA=no".
try -rc4 livecds please
closing due to lack of follow-up
Moving these so we can remove the "Install CD" component from "Gentoo Linux". I apologize to everyone for this spam, but according to the bugzilla developers, this is the only reasonable way to do this.
